I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

Yvonne Chouinard is both a climber and avid fly fisherman too.

Kai wrote:I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

me too..... they both keep me centered....

'Tis all about watching the ever changing scenery for me
Climbing the mountains allows you to see a lot of things in a lot of places
Fly fishing lets you settle down and watch the microclimate and smaller things around you

jvarholak wrote:

Kai wrote:I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

me too..... they both keep me centered....

what does being kept centered mean? (honest question...not being sarcastic)

drpw wrote:best situation ever: camped out in the high sierra's at some unnamed rock face alternating between climbing different routes and fishing the stream running 50yds below it.

Amen! Been in the same situation many times.

Joe White wrote:

jvarholak wrote:

Kai wrote:I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

me too..... they both keep me centered....

what does being kept centered mean? (honest question...not being sarcastic)

No worries Joe, it IS an honest question. To me, with the stresses of work and home (deadlines, a-hole clents, financial obligations, etc), "keeping my center" means that I can be somewhere I love and doing something that takes my total focus, recharges my batteries, "simplifies/resets" my priorities to where I like them and helps me to regain my "balance". I always return with a more positive attitude.

I have a backcountry fly fishing blog here:

http://www.larsonweb.com/flyfishing/index.html

If you're bored (and easily entertained) you might want to visit.

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No worries Joe, it IS an honest question. To me, with the stresses of work and home (deadlines, a-hole clents, financial obligations, etc), "keeping my center" means that I can be somewhere I love and doing something that takes my total focus, recharges my batteries, "simplifies/resets" my priorities to where I like them and helps me to regain my "balance". I always return with a more positive attitude.[/quote]

That's cool. Especially the part about going to the mountains (hiking, climbing, fishing) and resetting priorities (as opposed to replacing them) and returning to work and family with a positive attitude.