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Once, while fishing for salmon, I hooked a clam.
09-02-2015, 11:54 AM
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Once, while fishing for salmon, I hooked a clam.
I stumbled across this article (http://nautil.us/blog/this-legendary-dee...-60-years) on one of may daily lunchtime read sessions. The article interesting in it's own right but i liked the description of the some of the joys of fishing.

Quote:Once, while fishing for salmon, I hooked a clam. It fought bravely, and when I finally pulled it from the water I could see that I hadn’t just snagged it, as you might expect, but that it had taken the bait willingly. These are minor points; what matters here is that the clam, so different from a salmon, forced me to reconsider what might lie below the murky water. It did not seem like a place for clams, but there it was, spinning at the end of my line.

Fishing is this way. Even knowing what kind of fish you want to catch, where and when to find said fish, and what kind of bait it likes to eat, you’re always working by feel. Line and hook or nets serve as surrogate fingers, groping their way through an unseen world, and until they break the surface and the fist is opened, there is no way of knowing exactly what was grabbed. At risk of mixing metaphors, what I’m trying to say is that there’s always the chance of catching a clam. It’s what makes fishing fun, and it’s also a good way to think about the story of the world’s deepest fish, a fish that probably wasn’t a fish at all.

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09-02-2015, 12:42 PM
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Oh man... Your conversations while fishing must be fueled by frequent success, or gratuitous cocaine use... Deep! Love it! Thanks brother.
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09-02-2015, 02:09 PM
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(09-02-2015 11:54 AM)zippyFX Wrote:  ...........there’s always the chance of catching a clam. It’s what makes fishing fun............

Yep

   

Cheers,

OldTimer

<>< I once gave up fishing. It was the most terrifying weekend of my life. ><>

See you on the river.
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09-03-2015, 12:33 PM (This post was last modified: 09-03-2015 12:33 PM by zippyFX.)
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(09-02-2015 12:42 PM)myspacedave Wrote:  Oh man... Your conversations while fishing must be fueled by frequent success, or gratuitous cocaine use... Deep! Love it! Thanks brother.

My success is average. Self-Reporting bias may make it seem otherwise one of the reasons I tried to introduce a skunk thread. My aspirations are fueled with the potential of success and just making time to go out and enjoy nature.

Let it be known the only substance I abuse is caffeine (through pop as I do not drink coffee). I drink beer but no longer abuse it as I did in my misspent youth.


(09-02-2015 02:09 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  
(09-02-2015 11:54 AM)zippyFX Wrote:  ...........there’s always the chance of catching a clam. It’s what makes fishing fun............

Yep



Cheers,

OldTimer

I had forgotten about that!
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