My Way
Ron,
I don't know if I would call your attitude or mine complacency, but more toward the idea of contentment. I realized some time back that, when it comes to fly-fishing, that the only person that has to find enjoyment in how I fish is me. Quite a freeing thought quite frankly. Robert Traver, one of my favorite curmudgeons, said 'I fish because I love to," and it took me a few years to appreciate the honesty and worth of that statement. Once I did it totally changed my outlook and attitude about fly-fishing. I cast well enough to put my fly where I want it, my presentations skills, while not perfect, allow me to fool enough fish to keep me happy, [you can fool most of the fish some of the time, and some of the fish part of the time, but you can't fool all of the fish all of the time - some famous person said something like that], and I'm content with that. At the end of the day I have enjoyed the experience, I've pleased myself, and I make don't need to apologize to anyone if my way of fishing does not meet their idea of how it should be done.
Now that is refreshing.
Neil
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