A Perspective

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IMO -

There are many "degrees" or "levels" to fishing...and I'm not talking about skill levels here...

I truly believe that everyone's perception of "fishing" is different. As much as it may appear to be similar (especially when discussed on an internet board), or someone who thinks that they want to fish like someone else, or for the same reason that they think someone else fishes for...they are still different. So much so...that to some, arguments, disagreements, or simple misunderstandings or misconceptions, will always occur.

Everyone fishes for a different reason. As similar as each person's reason may appear, it is still an intimate feeling which is often difficult to describe in words, at least for me it is. Some of us will never understand the other person's meaning of why they are so passionate about fishing.

I used to fish for quantity...then quality, then quantity of quality.....then I forgot why I fished at all. I believe that once you've completed that cycle and returned to your root of origin, that is when you truly enjoy fishing for your own personal reasons. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I've fulfilled each category while that was my target, I do not hold any world records, but mentally or psychologically, ...I think I'm in a happy place.