| For me there doesn't have to be a reason to go | | | | 6) To get out of the house or office. In this |
| fishing. Fishing itself is enough I'll just go at the | | | | modern world, we can become like animals in a |
| drop of a hat but for those of you who may | | | | zoo. Just going through the motions, as if there |
| need a reason, here are ten. Who knows, when | | | | were no real point to being on this earth other |
| you need an excuse to wet a line one of them | | | | than making money to pay bills. At least that's |
| might come in handy. So here they are, in no | | | | how it can seem if you spend too much time in |
| particular order. | | | | the house or office. |
| 1) To get out in nature. We all get caught up in | | | | 7) To get exercise. No many people may be |
| the day to day inertia that we call life, and | | | | thinking, "Fishing is not exercise, you just sit |
| sometimes just need to get back to nature. It | | | | there." Not necessarily. If you go fishing with me, |
| helps restore the soul, as many poets have | | | | you're going to walk three or four miles and cross |
| suggested. | | | | the river four or five times. It can be quite a |
| 2) To get your mind off of other things. This is | | | | workout at times. Even when I go lake fishing, |
| what I used to use fishing for, before I learned | | | | the areas I fish are a nice walk from my vehicle. |
| some other techniques for clearing my mind. But | | | | So exercise is a great reason to go fishing. |
| spending a day waist deep in a river still serves | | | | 8) To get ideas. I've had some great idea's pop |
| me pretty well. | | | | into my head while fishing, that might not have |
| 3) To have some fun with your children. If you | | | | otherwise been discovered. |
| haven't done this already, have at it. Kids love to | | | | 9) To hang out with a friend. If there's someone |
| fish. And I know with my daughter, I have every | | | | that you haven't hung out with in a while, and it's |
| bit as much fun as she does. And in some way, | | | | overdue, go fishing. The drive and subsequent |
| that's what this whole thing is about. | | | | walk to and from the fishing area is a great time |
| 4) To try to catch a trophy. This is a wonderful | | | | to catch up. |
| reason for me, but some people just don't want | | | | 10) To discover something new about yourself. |
| to work that hard. It took me three years of | | | | This one is big for me personally. I've discovered |
| fairly hard fishing on the same river to catch the | | | | a lot about myself while wading in various rivers |
| one trophy rainbow trout that I've caught out of | | | | over the years and you can as well. There's just |
| said river. And it was worth every minute of | | | | something about standing in a river that's |
| fishing and frustration along the way. | | | | conducive to discovery. Maybe the silence. I'm not |
| 5) Practice. In the immortal words of Allen | | | | sure of much, other than the fact that it is. |
| Iverson, "What we talking about here? Practice? | | | | There you go. The next time the old lady asks |
| Practice?" Yes Allen, we're talking about practice. | | | | you why you want to go fishing again, and you |
| And anglers need it just like professional basketball | | | | draw a blank, just drop one of these bad boys in |
| players. If you want to attain any level of skill, | | | | her lap. If you get to go fishing one extra time, |
| that is. It's just like anything else, the more you | | | | then writing this article was worth it. |
| practice, the better angler you will become. | | | | |