tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post5932352903054758430..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Life Instructions from Walt WhitmanPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-79283739626431163392016-08-07T16:58:11.800-04:002016-08-07T16:58:11.800-04:00“I fish because I love to. Because I love the envi...“I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly. <br /><br />Because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I thus escape. Because in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing what they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion. <br /><br />Because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed, or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility, and endless patience. <br /><br />Because I suspect that men are going this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip. <br /><br />Because mercifully there are no telephones on trout waters. <br /><br />Because in the woods I can find solitude without loneliness. ... And finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun.” -Robert TraverEaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.com