English is an interesting language. The multitude of inherent double meanings provide unlimited cartoon ideas.
I got this idea when I saw an ad for the opening of Trout Season in Northern Michigan. The ad suggested the business had everything a fly fisherman would need. Prior to that, I hadn’t thought about what it would be like if flies fished. The idea of flies fishing raises the same questions that people have who fish: “What are the size restrictions?… When do you have to catch and release? Are they in season?” Fishing is complicated!
Often, after a cartoon is drawn, I realize there is more than one way to interpret it. Another possible interpretation for this cartoon: Is the fly fisherman checking to see if the bait is still on the line? If people use flies for bait, wouldn’t flies use people for bait? If that’s the case…. What are the flies fishing for?