Working up to Father’s Day, the folks at NBC’s Today show have been featuring different kinds of “dad” stories. This morning, they aired a segment in which Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Willie Geist, and Carson Daly head up to Orvis Sandanona to try their hands at fly fishing. As is usually the case with these kinds of productions, the fly-fishing doesn’t involve too much action—it’s tough to catch a fish when the camera crew is standing in the water in front of you—but it’s great to see the sport get this kind of general coverage.
There is one glaring error here, though, and I’ve got a packet of stickers for the first person to identify it in the comments below.
Hey look: it’s Al Roker!
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Brown trout
Called the brown trout in the phone pic a rainbow trout from Montana.
Brown Trout identified as Rainbow Trout.
They called the Brown Trout a Rainbow. thats the error
They didn’t bring their kids!
Its not a rainbow, its a brown
they called the brown trout a rainbow trout
The rainbow trout is a brown trout
I think someone put a reel on backwards
Not a rainbow trout. A brown.
I knew I should of played it with sound
Called a Brown Trout a Rainbow Trout
The pic of him gripping the fish incorrectly and/or he wasn’t in the pic?
Pretty sure that is not a rainbow trout.
He shows a picture of a brown trout on his phone, and says its a rainbow from Montana.
Brown trout “caught”- identified as a Rainbow from Montana… I say “caught” lightly because I highly doubt they truly landed even that pretty, small brown.
The fish that gentleman caught was a brown, not a rainbow
Taking a golf cart.
They were talking and shouting the entire time, a great way to scare all the fish in small stream fishing
David –
You must have had a brother like mine. I wasn’t allowed to TALK while fishing when I was a kid. But they can’t hear you talking. Or shouting. Or firing a shotgun. They can hear you walk. And fall. And skid your feet across the bottom… So, have fun and sing as loud as you can while you fish! 😉
Thats not a rainbow! thats a brown.
He’s holding the rod in the wrong hand!
It’s a Brown trout, not a Rainbow.
They called them “men”.
Photo is not only a brown trout rather than a rainbow, but the jacket cuff in the picture is yellow… No one in the video is wearing a yellow jacket. Thanks Google!
Their kids were not with them!
Breaking the wrist while casting, caught the brown-bow too lol
Held the rod with the reel on top.
Matt Laurer and Willie was not wearing sunglasses while he and other people were casting. Leaving his eyes unprotected from an errant cast.
Clearly the error is that they were set up for right handed retrieve, and as everyone knows, the correct setup is left hand retrieve. Ammiright fellas?
BROWN TROUT AND THEY DID NOT CHANGE AL ROKERS DIAPER.
Robert Redford was not in “A river runs through it”, maybe he meant Brad Pitt.
Robert Redford narrated in A River Runs Through It.
I think the point of this Video is the value of a Dad taking his kid fishing. While these guys might not be fishing experts, they have fond memories of times spent with their fathers, and certainly appear to be paying it forward as fathers themselves. As such maybe we should just forgive the mistakes and errant technique gaffs and just enjoy the fact the backdrop was a nice stream.