Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 15, 2020

I would not recommend fly-fishing that close to a sidewalk…

I take it that the larger the bait the larger the fish to be caught ?

That’s not how you fly fish. It’s a gentle and subtle dance of air, line, and water.

He’d better hope he’s in a live bait area.

I was up to my waist in ocean water and playing fetch with my golden retriever when an idiot decided that tossing his fishing line in near us would be a great idea. He shot the line out into the water and started to reel it back in. The hook went in to my calf. I grabbed the line and started screaming in pain while the idiot just kept reeling it in because he thought he’d caught a big one. Someone finally stopped him. If I’d been bigger and male, I’d have planted a big one in his teeth. That hook HURT!

Maybe if he just gets on his knees and puts the collar around his neck she won’t call the sheriff.

If the bate is a canine… does this mean he is going after Cat Fish??? (Grin!)

If it yips, it’s bait.

Hopefully, the dog is meaner than whatever he is fishing for.

“I felt bad about the bait I used, but look at this photo of the whopper I caught with that bait.”

“Dog gone it.”

This strip is terrible!!!!!!!!!

Missed it, well kinda , by just that much.

Definitely qualifies as the catch of the day.

“A Pomeranian runs through it”, such a great movie. Brad Pitt, or was it Brad Lab? Well one of them won a “Good boy, oh you are such a good boy!” for it.

Now, that was funny!

My take was it was a different twist on the old “Fly Fisherman Snags Trees” comic joke. Maybe I just read too many Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, and DNR magazines as a kid.

That should catch a giant catfish…

Catch and release?

Sharks love dogs, apparently.

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She might want to tighten that collar a bit.

Looka that – he just caught hisself 140 pounds (approximately) of trouble.

Gotta work on his roll cast.

Now, that’s funny!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1N5lZw7e78

fusilier

James 2:24

Fishing… what a MONUMENTAL waste of time…

Well, I suppose now you can catch cat fish, or at least annoy them.

Must be the dog days of summer.

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often…

OK Wiley. That’s a really old replay.

Oh, so those dogs are good for something.

Are Dogfish good eating? Just asking……

A Retriever Runs Through It

when it comes to fly fishing he’s a whack

Thanks Wiley! I laughed out loud at this one.

More years ago than I care to think about I caught a bat on my back cast at dusk one evening in Yosemite Valley.

My fishing spot doesn’t have a sidewalk.

But…why was she walking a worm?

A fitting fate for a yippy purse rat!

Guess this gets filed under "Oh S**t!

But did he catch anything?

reel it back in, you just caught the wrath of a dog owner!

Jaws thanks you

Another case of a bold attempt at humor falling far short of reality. Wiley will be hearing from the Organization of Easily Offended Fly Fishers.

Well, this reminds me somewhat of 1950 when I won a fishing pole as 2nd place Soap Box Derby in Allentown PA. Had been at a Sumer Camp in East Waterford ME. Some counselors were very serious fishermen. I was in a row boat with a fellow who had a fly rod & very silent casting reel. I couldn’t cast further than 5 feet of the boat. So I loaded up my line next to lure with many lead weights. Didn’t put reel on silence, & made a mighty cast. Reel buzzed loudly. weighted lure landed about 20 feet from the boat with a loud splash making small waves. Probably scared fish to ends of the lake a mile or so away. Verbal expression of serious fly fisherman counselor was full of words I wasn’t allowed to say in polite company!

Ruh roh!

Is this a reworking of an old strip or a recycled one?

Not quite “A River Runs Through It” is it?

That’s why I don’t fly fish anymore. Hearing that lure, whizzing past my ear at x mph, within factions of an inch, all I could think about was what my ear would look like ripped by that hook.

Dog: Gone.

Devastating backhand — it’s not just for tennis any more.

Laughed out loud. (Not all that usual when I’m reading the comics).

YEP.

PETA will get you for that, Wiley.

I cannot remember the last time I laughed this hard at a comic strip. Thank you so much for tickling my funny bone so completely.

A Classic!

All the Nazgul know how to shadowcast.