Fishing is a curious activity. At any moment millions of people are fishing for enjoyment while - at the same time - millions of other people are fishing for a living. No other human endeavor is like that. Think about it: right now on a bay somewhere humans on vacation are relaxing and having a good time as they try to pull fish out of the water. Meanwhile, just across the bay, other humans are at work sweating and cursing as they try to pull fish out of the water.
I wonder what would happen if all these people switched places for a moment. Do you think that the working fisherman would have a new appreciation for his job? Do you think that the sportsman would see his diversion in a new light? Do you think that everyone would understand each other just a little better if they exchanged places? Maybe. But more likely as they switched boats everyone would get in a big huge sword fight using their fishing rods.
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...and the vacationers on the fishing boat would catch thousands of fish in the net, then release them, because "it's really more about being outside than catching fish."
Although, for my friend Alan, fishing is more about the gear. He has several very large tackle boxes filled with colorful and shiny lures and other contraptions.
I remember once, Alan invited me fishing. He had tons of gear in two giant tackle boxes and he was wearing those enormous galoshes that cover you like overalls. But he forgot his rods.
So we just launched fallen sycamore leaves as little boats from the shore and then sank them with rocks.
Everyone who was fishing there angry because they said the rocks were scaring away the fish.
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