| There is no denying that fly fishing is one of the | | | | flies may work best on any given day. |
| most relaxing experiences you can take part in. | | | | Fly fishing focuses on tension. You have to keep |
| However, people have been wondering for ages | | | | the line tight, keep the fish tight after they are |
| as to exactly why. Why is it that something so | | | | hooked, make sure your casting loops are tight |
| exhilarating, yet sometimes incredibly frustrating | | | | and keep your mind focused at all times. Fly |
| can be so relaxing in the end? There are many | | | | fishing works around tension, so how it is possible |
| different opinions on this debate, and in fact none | | | | that all that tension leads to relaxation? |
| of them are right or wrong. | | | | The best reasoning has to be that there is a small |
| There are many anglers that love fly fishing due | | | | aspect of Zen that ties into fishing in general. Due |
| to the bare requirements of mental and physical | | | | to the physical and mental demands of the |
| activity. Some guys simply love that sitting on the | | | | activity, fishers have to completely clear their |
| bank with a rod and a cooler of beer takes little | | | | minds in order to focus on the task at hand. One |
| more effort than laying at home watching TV. | | | | has to forget everything at home, any worries |
| Aside from casting, this is an activity that burns | | | | about money, life, or their full time job. For the |
| as little as 20 calories an hour. And a few hours | | | | time that a fisher is fishing, he or she has to |
| of that can be incredibly peaceful and add up to a | | | | focus on just that one task. Whether that ends |
| day full of productive rest. While there is nothing | | | | up being just a few hours, or a period of several |
| wrong with that kind of fishing, there are many | | | | days, the mind is consumed by everything fishing. |
| that argue it is a different kind altogether that | | | | When an angler is finished after a day of fly |
| leads to that incredibly, relaxing feeling. | | | | fishing, their mind is more focused and ready to |
| There is also some incredibly energetic types of | | | | deal with any of the problems or concerns that |
| fly fishing that really get the mind and body | | | | may be evident at home. |
| running more than others can imagine. Hiking into | | | | It is actually quite common for anglers to have |
| far off locations and secluded areas can be a | | | | breakthroughs or sold difficult problems after a |
| work out, other times there is strenuous wading | | | | long fly fishing trip. This is simply because it is all |
| that needs to be done to reach the prime | | | | about focusing the mind, clearing away minor |
| locations. After a day like that, fishers often | | | | worries or issues and strengthening the mind. It |
| return home exhausted and worn out. On top of | | | | may not be the answer to all of life's little |
| that fly fishing can really work out the brain and | | | | problems, but it an excellent outlet for many fly |
| make anglers work overtime to find the proper | | | | fishing addicts. |
| spots, dip into those locations, and calculate which | | | | |