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You should have included the option of "plan to start using one"
because I want to keep a journal starting next year.
Part of the reason is for my own enjoyment and for "looking back" to when the fishing was better/worse.
The other reason is in response to something I experienced a number of years ago, but has stuck in my mind.
My godfather (and uncle) had kept a journal of all his fly fishing trips from over 50 years ago when he was a young man. He would invite freinds and relatives to join him on his regular excursions. My father went on a number of these trips. According to his journal, you could tell the name of the lake/pond/stream where they fished (without a hiking map you get lost), the time of day, the air temp., water temp, wind speed and direction, who went, what they caught and how big they were. My first thought was that this was like a holy grail, with directions to secret fishing spots. If anything else, it's a history/science lesson of his little piece of heaven.
He gave up flyfishing reluctantly after the logging companies created access roads that were too close to his fishing spots.
Hearing him read from his journal would be like hearing Stephen King read one of his own stories. I definitely want to start keeping my own fishing journal, if for no other reason than to keep my own experiences around for others to ponder.
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