Jan 31 2009
Fishing
Fishing remains a popular sport in the United States today despite the declining need for the average man to go out and catch his supper. Fishing is a past-time that, like golf or other games, requires only a certain amount of physical prowess in order to enjoy, but which rewards anyone willing to give it a try.
Like other hobbies, the amount of preparation and effort will likewise increase the pleasure derived. But fishing is unique in that it truly does call to the very basic instincts and desires of man. A man cannot survive without food. For millenia we have hunted, gathered, and fished.
Fishing harkens to our basic desires and brings us closer to nature and the beauty of the planet we live on. L’amour doesn’t generally write of the pleasure of fishing, but rather the necessity. But today it is one way in which we can relive a piece of the past and put ourselves in the places our ancestors were.
