Here's the Catch
So I get this phone call and a chipper young man asks me if I am a fly fisher. Uh huh, I say and he proceeds to tell me that I'm being contacted because I signed up to be an extra for the TV series Portlandia a few years ago and in the questionnaire I mentioned I fly fish. I'm not calling about Portlandia, but rather a commercial that's casting and needs a fly fisher. I agree to an audition in a couple of days and then get an email that tells me where to report and to come dressed and "with gear." A feeble attempt at humor, it goes on to say that they can't promise any fish. Three days later I'm sitting in a basement office with a dozen other folks waiting to be auditioned for the same commercial. Most are 20 something women for the roles as bridesmaids. A few 30-40 something men dressed casually but some no doubt with a change of clothes for the business traveler parts. And then this older dude dressed in waders, carrying a fly rod and looking like