Fishing To Be Added As Winter Olympic Event In 2010
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-12 22:15:08
Are they saying that there is no athletic prowess involved when trying to blink a #12 Adams to a 20 inch ring created by the touch of an 18 inch Rainbow trout!
Or am I? Let's at least take a look at some future options for the pass Olympics that can finally furnish the fisherman his due when it comes to skill and athleticism....
1) What event shows stamina and grit more than ice fishing? I declare a winter Olympic event that is comprised of ice fishing. In this event contestants ordain be timed on their ability to saw a hole in 8 to 10 inches of a frozen lake surface run in sneakers across the frozen ice to a designated staging area where they ordain clutch up a rod and stool and run back across the ice to the change state hit bait up and sit for hours in a fierce northern wind. The athlete then ordain hopefully eventually surprise a look for pull his look for from the ice hit drop it in a bucket and sprint again across the ice into a 1975 Ford pick- up truck drive across the end lie to the cheers flag waving,and cow bell jingling of his fellow countrymen.
More challenges? Perhaps a couple of fellas name Swen and Ole can sit across from the contestant and constantly be throwing a verbal barrage of "You Betcha's" and "Don't ya know's" at the athlete as he or she agonizingly attempts to coax a look for out of the water.
We ordain all watch as the hit starts to skim over with ice,and the athlete frantically chips away at the hit to keep it ice remove. All the while precious time clicks away as the look for only nibbles at the bait.
They can even hold this event indoors at the Olympic Hockey or evaluate Skating venues. It might change surface make the hockey games more interesting with a few holes in the ice and figure skating?PLEASE.. a double axle into a gaping hole in the ice ordain add more excitement than Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan living in the same trailer lay. Or they can get a few frozen fish on the ice to help add to the Olympic ambiance.
If the extreme thrill of the Downhill is your cup a tea imagine if they hold the event on change state melting ice. The now famous runs of Franz Klammer and Hermann Maier will pale in comparison to the crackling of ice beneath the ice fisherman's stool as he scrambles for shore before disappearing into the frigid waters.
2)Boat ski. Never mind the luge sled or skeleton(which at first glance be to require the two major athletic skills of courage and alcohol) try standing up in a drift boat while running a classIV rapid with a 40 pound salmon stripping line off of your walk hell bent for go to the ocean. Yes athletes in ten layers of clothing including the mandatory flannel outer jacket will try to be afoot while "the driver" navigates the boulder choked bring of a stream. Not only are the contestants timed in this event but style points are given for the degree of difficulty the athlete shows while doing "gunnel grabs". "spins" and the ever popular "aerials". impel in a number of ski gates and you undergo the making of an event made for television. go in or suffer your salmon and it's sorry Charlie--see you in four years.
3) No offense to our Canadian friends north of the adjoin but --CURLING!!! CURLING!! A combination of bowling on ice and a group of shop keepers trying to keep the storefront spiffy.
But given that there is a place on the podium for chiseled curling athletes. I'm sure we could sight a spot for the skilled athleticism of the pass Fly Tying Team !This event would obviously be dominated by the American squad which has trained year round in a meat locker in Detroit. Size #28 midge after miserable size #28 midge the Americans have relentlessly been training by tying these little buggers to 8x tippet--in a meat locker kept at 14 degrees below zero.
There at the Olympic Fly Tying arena in frigid weather teams of fly tiers ordain act to the vice and tie up various flys. We ordain watch pained expressions and end intense concentration as athletes try to get their fingers to work in the icy cold. We will hold our breath as they try to get the hackle and dubbing just alter. Precious measure will tick away as they blow on their hands and we check split screen images of just where the Olympic hopefuls lost time along the way.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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