On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:56:41 PM UTC-5, Nedak wrote:
Not to get too deep but short story on why I fish. I love the challenge. I am late to fishing, starting in earnest in my late 30's. Started throwing bait into the surf in DE and progressively got better. I can usually get something to bite. I moved from spinning reel to a casting reel just because its harder to use. A few years back I was on business travel and had some time to kill in Denver. Met up with a friend of a friend and did some trout fishing with a fly rod. It was cool but still I was not ready to jump in full bore. Well, business travel started bringing me to CO and ID more frequently so I bought a rod, got waders, and am now hooked. It took a bit but I am full tilt obsessed. I just learned about this group a few months ago after attending a great presentation by Trent from Orvis on the local spots. Got a lesson from Snowhite in anticipation of a tarpon trip in the USVI in April.
If you can swing it, business travel combined with fishing will keep you sane. Those who are stuck behind a desk all day, I feel your pain but fortunately don't live it as I get out and about pretty frequently.
The simple way for me to describe why I fish took place last summer. My then 9 year old and I were using corn on hooks to try and get some carp in Silver Lake in Rehoboth.
He gets one on and the fish starts peeling line. We were using light tackle, 4 or 6 lb mono. He looks at me all wild eyed and says "Dad, what do I do?" I coached him through the 10 minute fight and he gets the fish close to shore when the line breaks. Rinse and repeat, same thing happens again he loses another fish. Finally he lands the third one. I asked him what it felt like to have the fish pull off line. His instinctive, guttural response, "Dad, it felt like I had my fingers in the electric socket."
That is why I fish, to safely stick my fingers in the electric socket.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:30:35 AM UTC-5, TurbineBlade 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
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:56:41 PM UTC-5, Nedak wrote:
Not to get too deep but short story on why I fish. I love the challenge. I am late to fishing, starting in earnest in my late 30's. Started throwing bait into the surf in DE and progressively got better. I can usually get something to bite. I moved from spinning reel to a casting reel just because its harder to use. A few years back I was on business travel and had some time to kill in Denver. Met up with a friend of a friend and did some trout fishing with a fly rod. It was cool but still I was not ready to jump in full bore. Well, business travel started bringing me to CO and ID more frequently so I bought a rod, got waders, and am now hooked. It took a bit but I am full tilt obsessed. I just learned about this group a few months ago after attending a great presentation by Trent from Orvis on the local spots. Got a lesson from Snowhite in anticipation of a tarpon trip in the USVI in April.
If you can swing it, business travel combined with fishing will keep you sane. Those who are stuck behind a desk all day, I feel your pain but fortunately don't live it as I get out and about pretty frequently.
The simple way for me to describe why I fish took place last summer. My then 9 year old and I were using corn on hooks to try and get some carp in Silver Lake in Rehoboth.
He gets one on and the fish starts peeling line. We were using light tackle, 4 or 6 lb mono. He looks at me all wild eyed and says "Dad, what do I do?" I coached him through the 10 minute fight and he gets the fish close to shore when the line breaks. Rinse and repeat, same thing happens again he loses another fish. Finally he lands the third one. I asked him what it felt like to have the fish pull off line. His instinctive, guttural response, "Dad, it felt like I had my fingers in the electric socket."
That is why I fish, to safely stick my fingers in the electric socket.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:30:35 AM UTC-5, TurbineBlade 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
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:56:41 PM UTC-5, Nedak wrote:
Not to get too deep but short story on why I fish. I love the challenge. I am late to fishing, starting in earnest in my late 30's. Started throwing bait into the surf in DE and progressively got better. I can usually get something to bite. I moved from spinning reel to a casting reel just because its harder to use. A few years back I was on business travel and had some time to kill in Denver. Met up with a friend of a friend and did some trout fishing with a fly rod. It was cool but still I was not ready to jump in full bore. Well, business travel started bringing me to CO and ID more frequently so I bought a rod, got waders, and am now hooked. It took a bit but I am full tilt obsessed. I just learned about this group a few months ago after attending a great presentation by Trent from Orvis on the local spots. Got a lesson from Snowhite in anticipation of a tarpon trip in the USVI in April.--
If you can swing it, business travel combined with fishing will keep you sane. Those who are stuck behind a desk all day, I feel your pain but fortunately don't live it as I get out and about pretty frequently.
The simple way for me to describe why I fish took place last summer. My then 9 year old and I were using corn on hooks to try and get some carp in Silver Lake in Rehoboth.
He gets one on and the fish starts peeling line. We were using light tackle, 4 or 6 lb mono. He looks at me all wild eyed and says "Dad, what do I do?" I coached him through the 10 minute fight and he gets the fish close to shore when the line breaks. Rinse and repeat, same thing happens again he loses another fish. Finally he lands the third one. I asked him what it felt like to have the fish pull off line. His instinctive, guttural response, "Dad, it felt like I had my fingers in the electric socket."
That is why I fish, to safely stick my fingers in the electric socket.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:30:35 AM UTC-5, TurbineBlade 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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