I read a tweeting conversation the other day between a number of chaps nattering about dreaming and one of them pointed out the strangeness of having the radio on after the alarm goes off but you're not actually awake. That really lit a spark with me, as I remember some smashers I had when I used to have my clock radio and the Today programme was on and I was in that 2nd part of sleep, where you are not really asleep but below that point where you are just emerging to wakefulness. The radio gets into the ears and what they are hearing gets intermingled into the dreams and it's wonderful.
Allowing the brain to drift is a wonderful thing and it is often hard to do. I used to do it when giving the car a long valet, when there's not much to think about what you're doing you cannot beat just taking a train of thought and following it to see where it goes. I can't do it any more as my son insists on being involved with car washing and doing as much as he can. But in a while, when I return to fishing, I will have the time and space to just sit back, keep an eye on the fishing tackle and see the mind off into itself.
I really believe it helps to keep the imagination agile as I used to see myself going down forks and making all manner of connections, mining my memory and attempting to figure out problems. Also it's a brilliant way for recalling periods of your life, places visited and people met. Of course it can be tricky as well, thinking back over one's career and wondering "where did it all go wrong?" :o)
Perhaps it's me, but the openings I get to be able to leave the imagination to wander is becoming ever rarer. It's another reason why halting angling was a dumb thing to let happen, especially as the normal period for the imagination to drift when it happens, if it happens, is at the wrong end of the sleep timetable, and it keeps one awake which is not what's needed at all.
A working mind is a critical part of the fishing tackle, not only as you want to adapt to the conditions of the day, but also the part of the year. fishing in summer is straightforward, particularly around June when the season has just kicked off and the fish have forgotten about being caught previously and the newly hatched fish never have been. Later though, fishing becomes challenging as the fish wise up, the weather affects how the fish feed and where, so you have to be able to adapt.
Trying a variety of baits and tackle for fishing is vital as very often a period of trial and error is needed before finding the best recipe for what will goad the fish into going after the bait on the hook. And, then when happy with the setup it's a chance to sit back, relax and let the mind go. And don't push it! It will not work if you decide the direction or drive the pace, all that happens then is that you're left wondering what's on the telly later.
So, the message is to pack your brain along with the fishing tackle because, as well as the sheer pleasure to be had fishing, it's a bonus to be able to keep the imagination working, the memory freshened up and enthused.
20110118
Allowing the brain to drift is a wonderful thing and it is often hard to do. I used to do it when giving the car a long valet, when there's not much to think about what you're doing you cannot beat just taking a train of thought and following it to see where it goes. I can't do it any more as my son insists on being involved with car washing and doing as much as he can. But in a while, when I return to fishing, I will have the time and space to just sit back, keep an eye on the fishing tackle and see the mind off into itself.
I really believe it helps to keep the imagination agile as I used to see myself going down forks and making all manner of connections, mining my memory and attempting to figure out problems. Also it's a brilliant way for recalling periods of your life, places visited and people met. Of course it can be tricky as well, thinking back over one's career and wondering "where did it all go wrong?" :o)
Perhaps it's me, but the openings I get to be able to leave the imagination to wander is becoming ever rarer. It's another reason why halting angling was a dumb thing to let happen, especially as the normal period for the imagination to drift when it happens, if it happens, is at the wrong end of the sleep timetable, and it keeps one awake which is not what's needed at all.
A working mind is a critical part of the fishing tackle, not only as you want to adapt to the conditions of the day, but also the part of the year. fishing in summer is straightforward, particularly around June when the season has just kicked off and the fish have forgotten about being caught previously and the newly hatched fish never have been. Later though, fishing becomes challenging as the fish wise up, the weather affects how the fish feed and where, so you have to be able to adapt.
Trying a variety of baits and tackle for fishing is vital as very often a period of trial and error is needed before finding the best recipe for what will goad the fish into going after the bait on the hook. And, then when happy with the setup it's a chance to sit back, relax and let the mind go. And don't push it! It will not work if you decide the direction or drive the pace, all that happens then is that you're left wondering what's on the telly later.
So, the message is to pack your brain along with the fishing tackle because, as well as the sheer pleasure to be had fishing, it's a bonus to be able to keep the imagination working, the memory freshened up and enthused.
20110118
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