The Tao Te Ching !!

“Carp Fishing provides me with time to think, and many reasons not to ponder on the usual worries of everyday life. I have driven home on many occasion after a long session, and experienced that Dopamine rush.  I have felt totally displaced and disassociated from the modern world on many a drive home. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life. It’s time enough to realize that every generalization stands opposed by a mosaic of exceptions, and that the biggest truths are few indeed. Meanwhile, as an angler we learn to feel the wind shift and the temperature change. You might simply decide to be present, and observe a few facts about the drifting clouds…

Fishing in a favourite place is a meditation on the rhythm of water, a season, the arc of a year, and the seasons of life... I fish to scratch the surface of those mysteries, for nearness to the beautiful, and to reassure myself the world remains stunningly beautiful viewed from my corner of a stunning Carp Lake. I fish to wash off some of my grief for the peace we so squander. I fish to dip into that great and awesome pool of power that propels my epic Carp sessions. I fish to feel - and steal - a little energy from the Universe.” Go with the Flow…. TT.