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Originally Posted by numbskull
So as I put in my time last night, in splendid solitude, stumbling around in the rocks, undisturbed by anything with fins, except for an occasional desultory tap, I got to thinking how much these empty nights add to the fishing experience. How over the years the hunt has become as important as the result and without the perspective of failure, the reward of success is diminished. How the greater the uncertainty, the better the hunt. How even a fishless night feels like it has taught me something that will pay dividends in the future. You feel the same, or did I just absorb too much DEET?
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From my perspective, there are no "empty nights".
There is always something new to see; new to hear - no matter how faint.
There is always something new to learn, a shift in a bar; a new hole.
The old bromide fits here as it does in many areas of life.
IT'S THE QUEST
NOT THE GOAL.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE DONUT,
AND NOT ON THE HOLE.
or
"The Night is as Empty as an Individual chooses to make it".
Thank God we have this sport!
so sayeth "The Budda".
