03/23/2023
Why do people love fishing?
1. People Love Fishing for the Challenge
2. It’s a Great Way to ‘Disconnect’ & Recharge
3. Serenity & the Rush
4. It Opens Our Eyes to Amazing
5. Pursuing the Rare and Beautiful in Nature
6. Fishing Buddies: Friendships and Family
7. Focusing on a Singular Pursuit
Fishing allows people to enter at all levels of difficulty. Starting out the challenge is timing your thumb release with your cast. Next, timing the setting of the hook when the fish takes your Lure. It can progress all the way to hiking into the mountain stream, hunched down, and staying low behind rocks as you cast your fly into the current to catch a beautiful rainbow.
Each challenge is different and even expert anglers enjoy an afternoon of going back to the basics and chasing bluegill. The challenges of fishing can always be improved on. Anglers must learn where fish are located, what they are biting and how to imitate it, the art of making an accurate cast, understanding how the bait should move or how the fish are biting. The list goes on and on.
If we break down just one of these you can see how many variables come into play that can affect success. For example fish location: How will the current, wind, rain, and sun affect fish location? How do air and water temperature impact fish location? What is the impact of the forage species in the creek, river, pond, lake, or ocean? Where are the fish most likely to be as a result?
There is no limit to what you can learn and how deep you can go in pursuit of the finny tribe. For many, fishing is all about testing themselves against fish and nature.
