Austin Adult Entertainment: Taylor Kitsch Goes Fishing
Expense ReportDaylong walk/wade fishing trip with Dan Cone on the Guadalupe (325-423-0045): $375. Beef tenderloin sandwich at the Gristmill, in New Braunfels (gristmillrestaurant.com): $10. Coffee and breakfast burrito at the Galaxy Café, in Austin (galaxycafeaustin.com): $10. One night at the Driskill, in Austin (driskillhotel.com): $99.
Cone gives Kitsch a beginner’s primer and demonstrates the first cast, as guides do. Andbang!he sets the hook.
“No fucking way!” says Kitsch. “You guys set that up.” He’s suddenly 17, only not like Tim Riggins, the brooding high-school fullback he plays on NBC’s Friday Night Lights. The real Kitsch doesn’t hold back.
Cone lands the fisha 16-incherand hands the rod over. Kitsch takes to it, focusing on his strike indicator and reaching into his waders to silence his chiming BlackBerry.
Who’s he side-buttoning? FNL creator Peter Berg? A publicist pimping Kitsch to talks shows so he can can plug his role as the mutant cardsharp Gambit in this month’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Who cares? We’re fishing, and Kitsch can’t be bothered.