That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 06, 2023

/// Now A Critical Moment is here.

He has hooked a fish, then reeled it near.

His girl holds out the net,

but she loathes getting wet.

They’re not likely to land it, I fear.

They wore those boots to bed that night

You know you’re rich when your fishing gear costs more than the average person earns in a year

I got all dressed up because you said you were taking me to the best fish place in the state!

“Okay dear; we had our picture taken of us doing something sporty. Can we now go to a nice restaurant and order a fine fish dinner?”

Good hint, You bought me a supporter for Christmas.

“Love it, love it! Give the real! I want realness. Love it, love it! Keep it real, come on give it to me. Give me real, none of that pose stuff. Yeah, that’s it! Beautiful baby! More, more! Get real baby!”

Ivanka and Jared will wear their highest boots when testifying about family business.

On their days off once a week, the Sports Store mannequins loosen up and do whatever activity they’re dressed for.

More like thigh high waders.

Her: “Not quite what I thought you meant by ‘handle your rod’ and ‘getting me wet’ but this first date isn’t so bad.”

She wanted a sportsman, strong,

But he seems to have it all wrong,

He said he’s a pro,

So she gave him a go,

But he really just strung her along.

I’m not sure, I’ve never seem fish laugh before

Less dangerous than phishing gear.

“Remember our deal. I catch ’em, and you clean ’em and cook ’em.”

Kurt and Karen really didn’t care about fishing. It was wearing those high, glossy rubber boots that turned them on.

The fish, it seemed, all stayed away/

But it wasn’t a loss, he would say/

Though he caught not one fish/

He still got his wish/

For she was the catch of the day.

Thigh waders

Next time bring fishing line; just trying to hit them with the rod is too tricky.

Artist Unknown. Jeez, if you painted that would you want anyone to know?

“Are we doing this wrong? Six hours out here and we haven’t caught a single fly.”

Was waxed canvas a fetish before rubber?

“Scoop up the fish with the net? Eww! Icky!”

“I’ll try to snag your purse and then you can use the net. Next time, don’t drop it in the water!”

Let’s see. If we add up the fly rod, the wading boots, the outfits …

It comes out to about $2,000 a fish.

A critical moment: 

https://www.Loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.43656/ 

has info about this 1906 chromolithograph of a circa 1906 drawing with no attribution. Due to its Library of Congress watermark at the top left corner, I can’t post it to WC (watermarked images aren’t allowed).

Again, a slightly larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3216 (November 6, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .jpg from the URL). It is one of 50 works, so far, that have been used here with initially no or current unknown attribution, the September 25, 2023, strip being the prior.

You catch it, you clean it, you fry it and then I eat it.

It was not his first choice, but Ken was resigned to fishing, having no wood of his own for proper beaver hunting.

I can’t quite make out what the stamp in the upper left says, but it makes me wonder what publication this was in.

On another note, it is quite a terrible painting/illustration, as these things go. I can’t begin to point out the number of things wrong with it. It was probably just a quick illustration for a magazine or something.

“If you want this Catch of the Day honey you’re gonna need a bigger net.”

“For that Minnow? I don’t think so.”

" The lengths I go through to catch a man."

Storyboard for “Thé Crown”?