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Post by fishinmusican on Aug 20, 2003 20:10:25 GMT -6
Well the most obvious is to catch fish but I've had days where all I had was a hit or that one that gives you a brief but lively fight or the dreaded" i got skunked". Sometimes I let it get to me but for the most part I don't .I've had days where I had a whole lake/river to myself and just drifted in my U boat and snoozed or in the fall its snowing one minute, calm and serene the next. So why do I fish for me I think its about connecting ,with yourself,nature or seeing a buddy catch for the first time on a flyrod or seeing a loon or osprey catch one. So guys why do you fish? Keep on ;D the fishinmusican(Kim)
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Post by RandyH on Aug 21, 2003 7:38:47 GMT -6
Wow! Why do I fish? I have at times been asked that question by others who view angling in a far different light. Hard to put into words. I have seen my own angling journey move from a young boy's world catching fish (and keeping most, if the truth be told) with my Dad, to a young father teaching his sons how to fish and respect the resource, to a "mature" (in age) fisherman who derives joy out of every trip whether the fish deign to cooperate or not. I think that most of us who fish and those who perhaps hunt as well, as I do, do so in part because of that closeness we feel with that other world that we escape to whenever our busy lives permit. Who hasn't marveled at the sight of a glass-like lake shrouded in mist at daybreak? or a frost covered forest in the fall and the sound of a drumming ruffed grouse? These are things that are difficult to explain to someone who hasn't experienced them. I only know that each time I fish or hunt I return with recharged batteries and a deeper sense of wonderment at what we are privileged to enjoy.
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Post by fishinmusican on Aug 21, 2003 7:58:44 GMT -6
hey Randy I know how you feel I get that same wide eyed little boy feeling"this is bigger than little ole me",it is hard to explain to someone who views it maybe not so favorable a light. Done a little hunting myself but I have to say that flyfishing has become one of my major passions. HMMM!!! reading your post has got me thinking its time to go do some fishing......KIM
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Aug 21, 2003 9:19:15 GMT -6
My wife asks me that same question time and time again - each time I can't come up with the same answer. Its easy for us to understand ourselves, yet damned hard to put into words: the awe of nature - the tranquility of the waters - escape from the rat race - the thrill of landing a monster - the challenge - its fun - its stressful at times - the call of the loon on a misty morning - a moose slurping water downstream from you - a bear on the trail you're trying to go down - - - lots of reasons. Teaching our kids - and having a 10 yr old say "wow - dad does know something" when it works out for them. Hearing from a 4 year old "dad - I caught a fish" echo across a lake, if not just the first time, but the second, third and so on - puts a smile in you. There's not enough time to fish - especially for those of us who also dabble in hunting - times from end of August to end of November become down-right busy - but once we get out there - hhuuuummmmmmmmmmm. Everyone derrives a pleasure from something when fishing. Even getting skunked It's easy for me to understand why I fish - I just can't easily tell you . . . how about "because" ;D darrell,
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Post by Dale Martens on Aug 31, 2003 15:21:57 GMT -6
I think I fish for 3 reasons:
1. It's a real thrill whenever something pulls on my line. (The fact that I never completely expect it and I never know what it is are kind of tied into this...)
2. It's a challenge.
3. I like the surroundings I fish in. (Especially moving water on a trout stream.) I feel really content when I'm fishing.
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Robert Burton
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Post by Robert Burton on Nov 3, 2003 14:14:42 GMT -6
This topic came up earlier in the year and I have thought about it since then. And as it is the end of our collective fly fishing year (at least around here) I thought it could use a go round. If I think of some typical reasons to fly fish I find they can't all apply. Relaxing sure as long as we are talking normal sized trout but the heart gets a pumpin' for those cats, pike and smallies and those 20+" trout. Definitley the challenge. The myriad of things to overcome in fly fishing (casting, mending, playing and landing) The challenge of dealing with the limitations of the equipment. The challenge of tying flys. Being one with nature well that is a strange one. On one hand if you fish some isolated river or lake then ya you are hip deep in nature. But casting at the base of the Lockport dam....maybe not nature though the pelicans and northern lights (if you turn around) can be a naturel splendor just don't look down at the garbage at your feet I guess I fly fish because i can't help it. If I see water I wonder if and what fish are in it. If I see a TV show with people fishing i wonder how would deal with it with my fly rod. The winter is ahead and well the first 2 months won't be too bad for me (but don't get too close to me in February )then in March I'll start my dreaming. In April I'll drag out my gear and effect repairs, take stock and maybe visit a fly shop (well the fly dept at the Fishin' Hole) We are connected through our mutual love of the outdoors. We are like minded because we fish and we are brothers (when we have some women on this thing we'll also be sisters) bound by fly fishing. rb
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Nov 3, 2003 14:38:52 GMT -6
now that Rob's refreshed the topic - I must say - since initially started - I though of the Q when out on the water. And danged-it - I still can't come up with any short, solid, uncombrubriated response. "Because" - is still my short, sweet answer. And like Rob, I'll be fine up until Feb. End Fed, I'll drag out the topo's, gear, and what-nots. Tye more of, what I think, will be flies. And no - spring just can't arrive fast enough. Fly rods will be in the van by end March in oh-so eager anticipation, which fades with each ice storm, hard freeze-up. But look out when the waters soft, and the wife kicks me out for the first time - land speed records are broken.
How many other ponder this "What hole will I fish first in 2004". It's torture - I know.
darrell,
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Post by aristarchus on Nov 3, 2003 18:01:08 GMT -6
My fiance asked me this question once after a trip back from the Bow which on this particular day beat the %$%@$% out of me. I could do was give her a blank stare. "What do you mean why do I fish" was my response, I told her that there are a number of reasons;
The aniticipation that this next cast is going to be the one where you get a strike that pulls line off your real until you think its going to start to smoke.
That a bad day on the lake is better then a good day anywhere else.
Its peacefull, calming all the reason that we all do it.
Well she looked back at me with that blank stare like she just couldn't fathom why people get all geared up, go and freeze standing in a river in the middle of winter to try and catch some "slimy little thing"
In June I took her fishing for the first time in her life, set up her rod and handed it to her. After she caught her first fish she was hooked. She "MADE" me stay out, freezing my ^%@%^ off, her teeth were chattering, her hands numb and she had to go to the bathroom AFTER she caught one more.
I looked at here and said "This is why I fish" and she finally understood.
Chris
PS
She ended up catching a 29" Lake Trout and had to tell everyone how she caught all the fish and I didn't get anything and if it wasn't for her there would have been no supper for my family......
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Post by fishinmusican on Nov 4, 2003 14:26:02 GMT -6
As I sit here and see the snow falling and I read the responses that some of you have posted,one more reason pops into me brain and that is as I sit thru these long winter nights I will catch myself dreaming of the past year and yearning for the up coming one with the same kind of excitement I use to get when I was a child waiting to open presents on Christmas morning.It keeps me young and I guess little boys never really grow up.....Kim
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Nov 4, 2003 15:37:29 GMT -6
one of my favorite sayings: [glow=red,2,300]I may grow old - but I'll never grow up[/glow] Isn't visiting a sporting goods store like Christmas anyhow - wow ! what gifts there are !!! Seeing as the hard water is setting in - anyone up for a snowball fight ??
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