Philosophy - Fly Fishing Spirit
I have wondered if it is the wildness in fish that somehow renews
the wildness in us. After the hook is set and the shiver of
something wild comes dancing up the rod, we seem somehow to
be released from the confines of our over-civilized selves...
I have seen children squeal, women scream, and men bellow
with delight at the first mad run of a just-hooked fish... And in
that instant, in that moment of abandonment to pure, uncluttered
joy, there is, suddenly and momentarily, a brief glimpse into the
untamed, unfettered, wild nature of what man once was, and
what he still needs to be from time to time.
Paul Quinnett - Pavlov’s Trout
Madison River, Yellowstone
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