2008 Fly Fishing Catalog Smackdown

Can we have a show of hands of who did not get their 2008 Cabela's and Orvis catalogs on the same day last week?
Both of mine are now sitting in the smallest room of my house where intense research has been conducted. 

Best use of a fly fishing celebrity -

Cabela's Brian O'Keefe

Orvis? Some Italian guy.

Most heart rendering fly fishing moment-

Cabela's gives us a young father teaching his son how to tie on a fly, cue the violins.

Orvis? A man and his dog, a dog that has its own sofa. Hey Thurston! Barney wants a tenderloin.

Best use of Neoprene -

Cabela's -Because everyone loves a chick in neoprene!

Sorry, but no neo in the Orvis book.

Best use of jumping fish-

Do whales count?

Sorry but no jumping fish or whales in the Cabela's book.

Best travel page-

Cabela's hand's down for the faux leather journal look and huge dead things.

A demerit to Orvis for reinforcing the elitist fly fishing stereotype with trips only CEO's and hedge fund mangers can possibly afford.

Best use of a douche bag modeling over hyped product-

Only tweed bags in the Orvis book. Thurston those twill safari chaps look fabulous!

We leave you with the greatest example of knocking off product ever, the Cabela's Pocket Water Series by Fishpond. No better way to keep someone from knocking off your product than knocking it off yourself?  BRILLIANT!

The Eddie Bean catalog arrived today! We'll review next week.

Comments

[murdock]

Did you ever see a blog post and say, "Wow I wish I'd have thought of that." This is one of those posts.

Very cool.

Lee

[Taku]

For those conservation minded readers, here's some brewing controversy in Montana. Cabela's Trophy Properties realtor's have been flogging properties, at least several of which have been long time Block Management Areas (BMA's) that are private land accessible to the public for hunting access. Part of their advertisement for said properties have talked about the great "private hunting sanctuary" that the property would be once sold - and at least one large property was bought and subsequently subdivided. At this point Cabela's has offered approximately $110,000 over a five year period to help with public access. At a bargain price of $1000.00/acre for ag land in MT, we can get all of about 110 acres - after losing thousands of acres of access. Pressure on Cabela's to provide more money for public access, while making millions off of these sales is essential to maintaining public hunting and fishing. Or wait till Cabela's comes to your state.

[Brandon Matthew]

Great review & pictures.......Thanks for sharing.....!!