You reach a point at which you have to view your life through the things you've spent so much time doing. The alternative is a perilous feeling of waste.

Anglers who see fish exceptionally well can fish successfully in less productive water than anglers who don't. Fishermen love equipment and are always looking for mechanical advantages, but there is nothing to compare with learning to see well; if you see well enough, you can walk out in the mud with no boat and catch fish.

I've spent as much of my life fishing as decency allowed, and sometimes I don't let even that get in my way.

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