02-13-2017, 01:38 AM
[quote RockyRaab]I like both extremes of trips, the good and the ugly.
The good: Good companionship, good gear, good scenery, good weather, good food, and good sleep are as enjoyable as good catching.
The bad: Poor company, mechanical trouble, miserable weather, lousy catching, poor grub, and rotten sleep are all enjoyable -- because they make for great stories.
I can truthfully say that every trip on which I've been invited has been enjoyable![/quote]
Rocky, yours is a rare and interesting perspective that I applaud and share!
Being very into preparedness, with fishing part of that, I, of course, value when everything is going right yet I enjoy the feeling of success amid adversities with various combinations of improvising, tolerating and otherwise still accomplishing goals and having fun.
Ice fishing yesterday, somethings not perfect to me that would end the fun for many others meant that it would require physical more work and expending more energy -- that's all. It was fine for me. It was happiness and a count my blessings moment. I'm quite capable of more work. From an ice fishing perspective, it's work that produces more body heat. From a health perspective it's good exercise. From a preparedness perspective it's knowing and pushing your capabilities.
Sometimes I'm not ideally prepared for a fishing trip. Most often by being too busy to have just the right items selected and packed or pared down to just what's needed which is often unpredictable, so I often fish bulky with more than I need or light with something ideal left behind.
But, ironically that is even more so preparedness because situations happen and the preparedness is the ability to adapt and the mindset to use what you have available which is even more valuable preparedness attributes to develop than just preparedness items. It's all various sorts of challenges and success with challenges and learning new skills are often more fun than when everything is perfect and unchallenging.
Perhaps, most of us have a preparedness sense (hunting, fishing, outdoors, etcetera) without thinking of it that way and just knowing it's fun and what we like to do.
My advice to those here who find themselves in a situation that spoils the mood and adventure for you is to stand back from what might be your normal reaction (probably learned from it being common among those who surround us) and turn it into an opportunity to excel at a test which is more likely your true nature, being a fisherman. I hope this thought helps us all enjoy our fishing more.
It's common, yet an oddity to me that everything can be near perfect for some yet they can be upset or even abandon what would be a memorable adventure to others over the slightest imperfection of occurrences.
Some of my best and most memorable times have been solving problems that become inconsequential to me yet make for fun stories often with lessons learned and accomplishment or at least initiating thoughts of better ideas for next time or even a new product.
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The good: Good companionship, good gear, good scenery, good weather, good food, and good sleep are as enjoyable as good catching.
The bad: Poor company, mechanical trouble, miserable weather, lousy catching, poor grub, and rotten sleep are all enjoyable -- because they make for great stories.
I can truthfully say that every trip on which I've been invited has been enjoyable![/quote]
Rocky, yours is a rare and interesting perspective that I applaud and share!
Being very into preparedness, with fishing part of that, I, of course, value when everything is going right yet I enjoy the feeling of success amid adversities with various combinations of improvising, tolerating and otherwise still accomplishing goals and having fun.
Ice fishing yesterday, somethings not perfect to me that would end the fun for many others meant that it would require physical more work and expending more energy -- that's all. It was fine for me. It was happiness and a count my blessings moment. I'm quite capable of more work. From an ice fishing perspective, it's work that produces more body heat. From a health perspective it's good exercise. From a preparedness perspective it's knowing and pushing your capabilities.
Sometimes I'm not ideally prepared for a fishing trip. Most often by being too busy to have just the right items selected and packed or pared down to just what's needed which is often unpredictable, so I often fish bulky with more than I need or light with something ideal left behind.
But, ironically that is even more so preparedness because situations happen and the preparedness is the ability to adapt and the mindset to use what you have available which is even more valuable preparedness attributes to develop than just preparedness items. It's all various sorts of challenges and success with challenges and learning new skills are often more fun than when everything is perfect and unchallenging.
Perhaps, most of us have a preparedness sense (hunting, fishing, outdoors, etcetera) without thinking of it that way and just knowing it's fun and what we like to do.
My advice to those here who find themselves in a situation that spoils the mood and adventure for you is to stand back from what might be your normal reaction (probably learned from it being common among those who surround us) and turn it into an opportunity to excel at a test which is more likely your true nature, being a fisherman. I hope this thought helps us all enjoy our fishing more.
It's common, yet an oddity to me that everything can be near perfect for some yet they can be upset or even abandon what would be a memorable adventure to others over the slightest imperfection of occurrences.
Some of my best and most memorable times have been solving problems that become inconsequential to me yet make for fun stories often with lessons learned and accomplishment or at least initiating thoughts of better ideas for next time or even a new product.
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