“In the new Gray’s Sporting Journal, writer, consumer advocate and fly fisher Niki Christopher says about fish porn: “I don’t like it, and I question the taste of people who do.” Her article “The Money Shot” is worth reading if you think (like I do) that it’s a phrase that should be swept into the corner with scented flies and throbbing sound scores and other ideas that were unoriginal even before they hit fly fishing.” Midcurrent
I tried to find the piece by Ms. Christopher to see what the slant was on Fish Porn…couldn’t access it within GSJ. Is this a whack at the photo ‘money shots’ of say CatchMagazine or what? Seeing as how ‘taste’ is involved, it might be interesting to see if we have to break out the tweed or put away the nymphs. Perhaps the media-imagery barrage has over surged the psyche of those with a more ethereal bent? I will be curious to find out.

Thanks, Jon.
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I read your article. And I agreed with every word.
I have long felt it quite obtrusive to have a trout thrust up my nostrils, but this might just be me. More, pictures without context (where a fish is held at arms length way in front of the angler) do little to portray the scale or beauty of the animal; I end up assuming that the angler wished the fish to look bigger than it was for his/her gain. How terribly sporting! I’m assuming that folks aren’t daft enough to think they can “improve” on the beauty of animals that cannot be bettered.
Jon
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I am the author of the article. Seems to me that you ought to read an article before offering criticism of it. You obviously have no idea what it says.
Spend the $6.99 to read it–it’s not on the website.
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Maybe you have moderate comments activated??? LOL!!! don’t publish this one if you do…just wanted to check to see if it went through!!
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I saw the post with my picture and tried to leave a super long comment…lol ~ (sorry again for the length) but I don’t know if it went through??? Hope it did…thanks again and let me know if it made it onto the post LOL!!!!
LIZZY
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