Fishing is my Zen!

There's just something about fly fishing

This guy likes his fly fishing and I can understand totally. When your out there the little probelms that life throw at us seem to fade away into the back of your mind. I can relate to this article, check it out.

I have reported on fishing the Upper Sacramento and McCloud riversbefore, but this trip was very different. This time I went with fishingguide extraordinaire, John Rikard, a self-described fly-fishingfanatic. He asked me at one point why I fish.

"It's my Zen," I replied. I have since thought long and hard about thatand have come to realize just how true it is. Concentration or focus isa form of meditation where all but the task at hand is allowed to fallaway. Responsibilities and worries are temporarily forgotten.

Thepassage of time goes unnoticed. While holding a fly rod I realize thatI am, at the very least, absorbed in the act of fly fishing. My totalawareness converges on the task at hand - at least that is the way itshould be.

It took John to get me back in thezone – he reminded me, often, that I was not in rhythm, that I wasusing too much power and trying to force things to happen. And, themore I listened, the more trout I caught.

Wefished the Upper Sac and had a great day, around 30 fish were hooked,many landed and released. Fish at the lower end of the river, before itbecomes, reluctantly, Lake Shasta, are on the large side.

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Thanks to Paul Abram for this report

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