Mark K Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Run. Fish. Beer. a sport combining trail running, fly fishing and consuming craft brews. They made a sport just for me! http://flyathlon.com They have one in the Driftless. it's this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 That Yellow River State Forest looks beautiful. 4 1/2 hours from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Sounds neat but I can't for the life of me figure out why they would through running into the mix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 I agree Terry, rather the white bass be running rather than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Sounds neat but I can't for the life of me figure out why they would through running into the mix? I think it's more the fishing thrown into a race than the other way around. Trail runners are a different breed than road runners, in the same way fly fishermen are a little different than say the Bass Pro crowd. and I can completely see the appeal especially given that it's Colorado. It's got to be cool to live there. I am probably overthinking this since it's a probably more a fun race- more than serious. But if you are really hauling ass, it can't be easy to just stop assemble a fly rod and tie on one of those tiny flies and actually slow down enough to catch a fish take photo and measurement then go back into haul ass mode. Kind of the way in biathlon- XC skiing and rifle shooting which sounds like a whacko combination- but when you think about it you are going from the most aerobically challenging sport that exists down to one that requires you to ohh...aim. It's really a pretty cool sport when you think about it. Of course we all know the fish will be congenially and realize you are in a hurry. I laughed my ass off when I saw this, it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Had I known about it a month ago I would have done the drift less race. LOL throw good beer into the mix and how can you go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Even the video hosts mispronounced it as fly-a-thon, when it's "flyathlon." That place looks super fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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