Nature Therapy — Passion
Why You Should Fish
A bright spot in hard times, a reason to explore, passion, connection, friendship…
A Bright Spot on a Day of Gloom
April 22, 1990
Siblings laugh and play at the edge of a pond you are fishing. You cast a top water lure and cry because you’ll never laugh with your brother again. Earlier in the day, you had your hand on him as he took his last breaths. He was only 20, and you are 17. You cast again, buzzing the lure along a weed edge, and a bass crushes it. A smile pauses the devastation. Fishing gives you a bright spot on this day of gloom.
The Stoke Begins
A lake in Illinois — 1981
You’re eight years old, fishing for the first time. Small panfish come easy. You want a Big One, so you put on an extra-large worm and set your bobber deeper. You sling it out as far as you can and walk the bank, dragging the bobber to cover more water and twitching the rod to give the bait action instead of just casting and waiting.
