This competition, taking place within this premier venue for action sports, proves the thesis that the art of fly-fishing has officially made it to the realm of the extreme. Now, if only we had an extreme representation of fly-fishing through art to commemorate its arrival?
The most valuable piece of art in the town of Vail’s collection at the moment is quite likely a model of a fishing pole hooking a tin can by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The model is a small-scale representation of an idea Oldenburg and van Bruggen had for the area near Chair 8 along Gore Creek in Lionshead, where the pole would have stood 60 feet tall.