Fishing To Be Added As Winter Olympic Event In 2010
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-16 01:21:07
Or am I? Let's at least take a look at some future options for the winter Olympics that can finally give the fisherman his due when it comes to skill and athleticism....
1) What event shows stamina and grit more than ice fishing? I propose a winter Olympic event that is comprised of ice fishing. In this event contestants will 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 will grab up a rod and stool and run back across the ice to the open hole bait up and sit for hours in a fierce northern wind. The athlete then ordain hopefully eventually catch a look for pull his look for from the ice hole displace it in a bucket and sprint again across the ice into a 1975 Ford pick- up truck drive across the finish line 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 assail of "You Betcha's" and "Don't ya know's" at the athlete as he or she agonizingly attempts to persuade a look for out of the wet.
We will all check as the hole starts to skim over with ice,and the athlete frantically chips away at the hit to keep it ice free. All the while precious time clicks away as the fish only nibbles at the bemock.
They can change surface hold this event indoors at the Olympic Hockey or Figure Skating venues. It might change surface make the hockey games more interesting with a few holes in the ice and figure skating?PLEASE.. a manifold axle into a gaping hole in the ice will add more excitement than Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan living in the same trailer park. Or they can get a few frozen fish on the ice to back up add to the Olympic ambiance.
If the extreme thrill of the Downhill is your cup a tea imagine if they hold the event on thin 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 object 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 go boat while running a classIV rapid with a 40 pound salmon stripping line off of your reel hell bent for return to the ocean. Yes athletes in ten layers of clothing including the mandatory flannel outer jacket will try to stay afoot while "the driver" navigates the boulder choked channel of a stream. Not only are the contestants timed in this event but call points are given for the degree of difficulty the athlete shows while doing "gunnel grabs". "spins" and the ever popular "aerials". Throw in a number of slalom gates and you have the making of an event made for television. Fall 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 find a sight for the skilled athleticism of the Winter Fly Tying Team !This event would obviously be dominated by the American squad which has trained year round in a meat locker in Detroit. coat #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 take to the vice and tie up various flys. We will check pained expressions and complete intense concentration as athletes try to get their fingers to bring home the bacon in the icy cold. We ordain direct our breath as they try to get the hackle and dubbing just right. Precious time will tick away as they blow on their hands and we watch split screen images of just where the Olympic hopefuls lost measure along the way.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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