Agreed... especially when it's caught on a $2,000 rod and a 6in purple and pink thing that imitates absolutely nothing. At that point, I believe the only fly thing about this is the mindset. Has nothing to do with a gear involved.

Although I guess it's probably true in terms of title, I still hated it when last year a fly fisherman from Europe with cigar in hand while floating by, called me a peasant. I'm not a violent person but had he been within reaching distance...

Must have been the neoprenes or something...

Okay, sorry to get off track. Carry on.

" The water is Steelhead green"

let me know when you need the net

That was my 1000th post....took a little over 15 years. Do I get a corkie or something?

Kinger
Dinger
Slime Rocket
Banana
Brat
"Hatch" as in hatchery fish.
Rippin' lips
Metalhead
"Slingin' guts"
Epic
Gill plates forward
"If we don't kill them, the indians will!"
"He bit the sh!t out of it!" When getting line bumped at a hatchery meathole.

Just a few off of the top of my head.

it cut red (means absolutely nothing in relation to quality)
blinger
dime
brat
wood shampoo
forgot or out of bait
floss
swanny

"Puke" and "Nasty". They're real rivers, dammit! Parts of them actually still look like it. They used to produce real fish; show some respect even though you only know them from the perspective of a humpy/combat line

you can add "sop" and "halis" to that list. when the hell did that even become a thing?

Yeah, Kinger is pretty lame.

I think we're unknowingly creating the Lexicon of fishing.

"Blueback," when used to identify any salmonid you can't correctly identify by its proper name. I think I've heard everything from SRCs to river sockeye to kokanee referred to as bluebacks in my adventures on local streams and lakes....

Harvest Management

Soremouth...

Bait allowed

Why does that guy in the Alumaweld have his shirt off?

Redd flosser....

Put a bend in the f'n rod!

bankie
bank maggot