Gene - funny that you mention John Gierach... about halfway through reading your post, I was thinking the same thing:"He should John Giearach (or Dave Ames)." I recommend "No Shortage of Good Days" and "Sex, Death and Fly Fishing" by Gierach as well as "True Love and the Woolly Bugger" by Dave Ames.
As for your question, I feel about the same way. I was not made to sit in a office all 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Though I'm not sure I would consider fishing to be "escapist" - I'm more of the mindset that work is merely a means to an end. I work to enable me to maintain the lifestyle I prefer. And that lifestyle contains a healthy dose of fishing!
Just my thoughts on the matter.
--Scott
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:30 AM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey - I woke up super-early and was thinking about something - Do you guys consider fishing an escapist hobby? I work in an office that is about to be furloughed, and my first thought was "man, I bet I can get in a lot of fishing this spring!" rather than the more obvious response shared by others. Is this normal?Anyway - I'm pretty sure that I hate society at this point. Well, mostly just 40 hour work weeks, people wearing Express slacks, idle chit-chat, Starbucks, elevator outages, and the little bell-tone followed by step back, doors closing. All I do is think about where the tide is, if I need to tie leaders/flies, and where I might go fishing on the weekend with Beth. I think, at least in my mind anyway, that I'm never really "at work" and am thoroughly useless for the most point. Are you guys like this, or are you "go-getters" at work and "go-getters" on the water as an extension of this attitude? More power to you if you are -- I'm just not one of those people ;).Someone was telling me that fishing is "escapist", apparently implying that typing on a keyboard and staring at a glowing rectangle for 9 hours a day = "reality". I tend to think that fishing is reality and work is the fantasy, complete with colored sticky notes and "Hey Gene - Damn these pens in the supply room are terrible! Have you tried these?" He was right though, those pens did suck I admit.Anyway - thank God I married a woman who loves to fish! That's the only chance I have ;). Maybe I should read something by John Gierach -- I've been told that before.
Gene--
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