crm,
yup, one small joke and you become a racist.
Just typical white person, like the President's remark about his grandmother who raised him. I recall all the furor over that....not.
Guess it only works one way.
I'm no racist, but I recognize a doofus when I see one, regardless of race, creed, etc, etc.

@ Mattreney

What do we want the guy to do? Seriously?

I want him to crawl back into the mire of political corruption that he came from and never show his face again.

I want him to admit that he's only interested in fleecing the white working class, even if he does admit it ex-post-facto.

I want him to either resign the presidency or prove his birthplace.

I want him to stop trying to patronize us and tell us its okay for him to spread his socialist bullshit over us.

I want him to stop spending other people's money in futile and wasteful and completely unnecessary ways.

I want him to just stop it. Just stop it. All of it.

I am tired of a government that assumes I am incapable of doing anything for my own--or anyone else's for that matter--benefit.
I am tired of a government that is so loaded down with beaurocrats and red tape that it can't get a single useful thing done to help the taxpayer.
I am tired of a government that continually tells us one thing with one face while shaking our hand in friendship, all the while peeking into our private affairs with the other face and picking our pockets with the other hand.

Mark my words folks. There will be a reckoning. Once the middle-class man has had enough, they as one will sweep down on DC from the hinterlands to correct the mistakes that originate there and eliminate the parasites that reside there.
The movement is already starting, in its infant stages: the Tea Parties, and Town-Hall meetings all across this country are just the beginning. Just as in the days before the Revolutionary War, there is a social and political storm brewing, and its going to get a whole lot uglier before it gets better.

countitandone-
I see you have included me and some other good folks in your knee-jerk cry of "RACIST"
when anyone dares to speak critically of the "Chosen One." No, I am not a racist, but I do not tolerate liars, phonies, racists or bigots well. obummer has, by his own actions,
shown himself to be all of the above. BTW, where were you when the left was calling GWB Hitler, and openly calling for his assassination? No one here has advocated any physical harm to obummer, but most have finely tuned bulls**t meters, and I am of the opinion that you, like obummer, are full of it. Have a nice day!

countitandone~ you are an A-hole, and the likely RACIST! I made no such RACIST comment here, I just do not agree with hoakey political stunts. I also am angered that we BORROWED 700 billion dollars from other countries and interests that my grandchildren will never be able to repay, so the president can keep lazy people on welfare!

I am no RACIST, just ask my Jewish, Arabic, Hispanic, and BLACK shirtail relatives- yes I have such people in my extended family that I love dearly, enjoy to be around, and can even discuss politics, religion, and ethnicity with on agreeable terms! Or the BLACK people that I go to church with. Those black people I enjoy to spend time with are from Northern Idaho, and 99% of Idahoans do not like or support the KKK, the skinheads, or any other bigots, like yourself.
Excuse me for being prejudice against stupidity, but you can be sure that I am no RACIST. I seldom revert to name-calling, but if the shoe fits, wear it- YOU are a SCUMBAG!

Gee fellas. I run off to a couple appointments and here you go into a political bantering contest without me. On FlyTalk no less.

I would like to think that Obama has an interest in fly fishing but rest assured that the only thing Obama was fishing for was votes.

Hey, on the other hand he could have been dunking worms.

Obama is a Fly Fisherman as John Kerry is a Deer Hunter. Don't drink the Kool-aid.

to countitandone,
Wow, chill a little and think.
Methinks you need to refer to your Webster's dictionary and look up the word "projection".
One definition is "accusation of, or unconscious attribution to another, of one's own thoughts, feeling, or actions"
I find this applies many times to liberal accusations of conservatives. Possibly vice-versa.
Kinda' like Teddy Kennedy lecturing on morality.
Or anyone calling others Racists, Nazis, Hitler, etc. with no basis in historical knowledge or fact.
If you cannot be civil, be silent.
"Tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt".

Maybe he could kiss and make up and go hunting with Dick Cheney. Or for a drive with Ted Kennedy down to Dallas or better yet, for a walk in the park with Vince Foster!

RonDak-
You are a perceptive and insightful man, sir!
I don't doubt you a bit.

RonDak-
Really good move with the markdowns on people you don't happen to agree with. Have another slug of Kool Aid, and hit the minus 1s again.
eackerlund,
is that really gorgeous .45 in your profile photo a Kimber Custom II?

John L-
What part of Oklahoma? I'll go.

I'm a little disappointed that countitandone has not come back with an explaination.

Also, hats off to you guys for keeping it civil.

ranger2
i dont know i still think i like the way you put it makes it more interesting to read :)
buckhunters right though call out any minority for screwing up and what happens? your atoumatically a racist if we were pointing out the fualts of a white guy no one would give a crap

If a one-day out-of-state license is cheap enough, I may have to make a trip up there.
Sounds like the fish are really hitting.
By the way, the Chicago Sun-Times article I mentioned earlier is headlined " President catches six trout in first fly-fishing outing" even though he didn't land any as the article later states.
Once again proving he's more than us mere mortals, he can catch them without landing them.

peter,
Right On!
"the moron" comes out to middle America and tries to become (fool) one of us, but just fer' a coupla' hours.
Well, I remember his remarks about us small town folks out here 'clinging to our guns and religion' and now I'll cling to my fishing equipment as well.
Wonder who his handlers thinks he's fooling(?), because he's never had an idea on his own. If the teleprompter breaks, so does he.
Read his books, listen to what he's said, he's TOLD us who/what he is, and give up that hopey/changey horse puckey.
Give him a chance(?), NO. He's shown what he is and what he wants to do to this country and I will oppose his policies with every fiber. Do I wish him personal injury, NO, but I too want him to FAIL.
When's the last time you heard a liberal ask that a conservative be given a chance?
They made the rules, and now they don't want to play by them.
(By the way, I wonder if Nancy Pelosi or Ted Kennedy or Harry Reid would join me on a little "noodling" fishing trip down in Oklahoma, they might like it and take it up.)

buckhunter: absolutely right. Whenever someone throws out the racist or Nazi charge, they have lost the argument, because they have no logic left.

mattr: I too enjoyed ranger2's post, and agree with all his assessments, but just yelling names at each other will not change minds, no matter how accurate.

Not sure where this countitandone came from, haven't seen him before, but would not care to share the woods, water, or this blog with his type.
If you disagree with me, fine, but remain civil and try to convince with logical argument. If all you do is call names, you've lost all credibility.

I do not often do the mud wrestling thing... will try to think better of it next time~ regards to all~

I agree with what some of the others have siad. I don't agree with his politics but hopefully he gave it a try. If he likes it maybe he will continue to do it. This is good for us sportsmen. Politics aside it is good for people to see positive images of fishing/hunting. Let's just leave it at that and discuss politics somewhere else!

Thats Obama alright, always doing something fishy-- He'll impress me when he attends a couple of town meetings in,say, Mississippi, or Alabama.

2Poppa-
You evil man-didn't you know that the BC issue has been twittered, (whateverthehellthatis) and is therefore a dead issue? Gun in his hand? Hunting? You and I will never live to see that day!

John L-
Gotta know, is arugula as good as polk salad,
with fried salt pork, boiled eggs, fresh garden tomatoes and cornbread?

I found this link on Moldychum. It's an interview with the guy that guided the Prez.

http://outside-blog.away.com/blog/2009/08/obama-wets-a-line-in-montana.h...

he didn't shoot or hook anybody so he is ahead of Cheney. anyways we all had to start somewhere.

Don't expect to see the president doing this as a full time hobby. He understood the negative impact of John Kerry's staged hunt so dropped the cameras to make it look like he was actually doing this "for real". Doubt it.

With all my respect dear pc pals, We all are turning our
fly talk comments in to politicals and I don't know what else. All claims must contact your senator.

go obama! i don't doubt he did! i fished the same river and had the same problem, i could hook them but i couldn't land them! it took me 2 days to figure it out, you have to let them have it, don't set the hook immediately, make sure the fly isn't on top then set the hook.

Chicago Sun-Times, August 16th.
Fawning report about he went fishing "in the rain"
Money quote to make you spit your coffee.

"It paid off. He did well for a first-timer by hooking half-a-dozen fish in an area mixed with brown and rainbow trout, but he didn't land any during an afternoon getaway on the East Gallatin River, his guide said. No reporters or TV cameras were allowed on the trip."

I'll bet that guide got a good tip.

Another event I'd buy a ticket to see, Obama impaling a poor innocent worm on a nasty ole hook. I'd even bring the worms.
Maybe we can help him dig some in that nice new White House Garden. Probably imported.
Too bad he didn't land any of those trout, think how nice they'd have looked served on a bed of his favorite arugula.

Yes crm3006, he is lying about the whole thing. He actually didn't go fishing. He was out collecting peoples firearms. And then he kidnapped a few children. He also smuggled some drugs during his lunch break.

crm - i haven't hit any -1s. I guess it must have been the Prez?

Thank you, John L for putting it better than I did... I was fairly fired up, maybe you noticed... I just can't sit bye and let that kind of stuff go, not the right thing to do...
Thanks again.

I'd have been impressed if they had at least a couple of pictures of Obama fishing. A video of him learning to fly cast would definitely humanize the guy. I'm not sure I believe that he went without evidence, but I wouldn't be real surprised if he did. I would have to say fly fishing in Montana is about the only thing he's done that I would approve of.

eackerlund
did i hit a nerve? "how long have we all been saying he needs to try these things? now that he makes an attempt were going to critisize him what do you want the guy to do?" all i said and then you come back with a freaking novel
"The movement is already starting, in its infant stages: the Tea Parties, and Town-Hall meetings all across this country are just the beginning. Just as in the days before the Revolutionary War, there is a social and political storm brewing, and its going to get a whole lot uglier before it gets better."
haha this was funny makes him sound like an evil dude from a movie right? were you by any chance petting a long fur white cat smoking a cigar and drinking scotch when you wrote this? that would be perfect

I hope he enjoyed his royal self. Maybe it will make him feel a little more guilty when he's selling our money market off to China.

Wow. You need to chill out. Decaf.

This "fly fishing blog", in it's entirety, publishes RACIST viewpoints from it's fox news illiterate, right wing anarchist comments. May I remind you, "all submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our (FLY TALK) Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Aside from these paper tiger rules, RACISM AND HATE CRIMES ARE ILLEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY. Are you reading this John L.? crm306? Walt Smith? eackerlund? WA mtnhunter? Buckhunter? 2Poppa? ranger2? Your parents / families must be very proud of your RACISM.