For most of my fishing life, I tended to prefer the company of myself to others. Most of the guys I knew that fished were spinning rig or bait caster types and we seemed to have an entirely different ?rhythm on the river,? so I began going out alone.
Fishing alone took a lot of the stress out of fishing. I could go where I wanted, when I wanted, for as long or short as I wanted, without feeling the pressure of having to accommodate someone else?s desires.
As I?ve grown more age mature, my desire to be alone has been replaced with a desire to be safe, a bad fall when your in your twenties looks a whole lot different when you in your sixties.
I now have two guys that I fish with on a regular basis. Both are contemporaries of mine, both are good fishermen, and both are easy to be with. A lot of our fishing involves trips of 2 to 4 hours to get to our destination, and it?s nice to have company on the ride. When we get to our destination we tend to go our separate ways, do our own thing, and then meet back up at predetermined times during the day.
When you find someone that you enjoy fishing with, hang on to them for they truly are a ?treasure.?
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Dan S
"I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel." Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps
Dan S
"I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel." Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps