Dear Gerard,
Thank you very much for your missive filled with passion and a humanism that honors you. However, please understand that what you have “discovered”, while not devoid of charm, has already been fine-tuned and used with brilliance by our comrade Vilmo while he was still in short pants in kindergarten (and that wasn’t yesterday).
At the very moment that we write you, our team of technicians and numerous scientists (recently escaped from a work camp operated by an extremist group of fly fishing adversaries) are in one of our secret laboratories in the Massif Central, putting the finishing touches on an invention so audacious that it will soon make anything else, even yours, seem a vulgar, provincial gadget.
As early as this coming spring, we at the Mouching, will release on the market our “DRONE FISHING”; not only does it locate the least little trout from outer space but, without the trout even having time to realize it, captures and sends the trout to your plate cooked to perfection… “au beurre blanc” accompanied by tiny roasted potatoes and a thin slice of lemon.
You have to concede that is really something else!
Our kindest regards etc. …
