The Philosophical Fishermen

I have really enjoyed reading these fishing related books and I have read quite a few in the last few years.  I am currently reading a new one.  All though I have had it on my bookshelf for a while now I have just got in to it.  The book is written by Harold F. Blaisdell and is a Fairly old book written in 1969.  It is basically one mans fishing Philosophy of fishing from his years on the water.
I will be sharing some of the gold I glean from this book as I go though it like this.

Quote from the book:
"Despite every possible expenditure of human ingenuity, fishing remains a game in which the fisherman comes out second best ninety-nine times out of a hundred.  Fortunately for our pride, most of our defeats go unnoticed: it would probobly be completely demoralizing if we ever knew exactly how many trout refused our offering in any given mile of stream.  In spite of all that we would like to believe we are actually no match for the fish, and it is only when one accepts the humility of this circumstance that he begins to appreciate the challeneg of angling"



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Yet Again another great package.  

"It can be said that it is more important to know what lure fish are likely to hit than to understand why they hit them.  Certainly it is to a fisherman's advantage to be familiar with effective lures, but I think it is of greater importance to understand the true reason for there effectiveness.  Fishermen who use lures with the idea of provoking and arousing fish to the point of recklessness will employ shadings and touches of manipulation different from those used by fishermen trying to imitate bait fish with the same lures.  And I feel certain that fishermen in the first category will take more fish"
Auther Harold F. Blaisdell

I find this interesting and cannot truly believe in it in some cases.  If he is correct then the reason that the HookUp Bait works "according to Chad" is wrong.   Of course like anything in fishing if your catching how cares.

True reason for THEIR effectiveness, not there.  Sorry, it's a pet peeve.  . I hope it doesn't have a lot of that!

Dannicus wrote:True reason for THEIR effectiveness, not there.  Sorry, it's a pet peeve.  . I hope it doesn't have a lot of that!

LOL I am sure that was me typing not the book. I teach EMS not English for a reason.

That's cool! I didn't even know they taught EMS in HS.

Dannicus wrote:That's cool!  I didn't even know they taught EMS in HS.

Yep I teach EMR - Emergency Medical Response
Fire fighting - 101 and 102
and EMT - to Seniors how can graduate with a license to start working right out of high school.

Its a pretty cool program, and not many of them in California.

jeffcpr wrote:

Dannicus wrote:That's cool!  I didn't even know they taught EMS in HS.

Yep I teach EMR - Emergency Medical Response
Fire fighting - 101 and 102
and EMT - to Seniors how can graduate with a license to start working right out of high school.

Its a pretty cool program, and not many of them in California.

That's awesome.  I spent most of my life in the medical field.  ER, Ambulance, and later ICU.  ICLS and CCRN certified.

Dannicus wrote:

jeffcpr wrote:

Dannicus wrote:That's cool!  I didn't even know they taught EMS in HS.

Yep I teach EMR - Emergency Medical Response
Fire fighting - 101 and 102
and EMT - to Seniors how can graduate with a license to start working right out of high school.

Its a pretty cool program, and not many of them in California.

That's awesome.  I spent most of my life in the medical field.  ER, Ambulance, and later ICU.  ICLS and CCRN certified.

Cool I was Ambulance, Firefighter, and later ER Grave Yards. Somedays I miss it, but I enjoy what I do now as well.

jeffcpr wrote:

Dannicus wrote:

jeffcpr wrote:

Dannicus wrote:That's cool!  I didn't even know they taught EMS in HS.

Yep I teach EMR - Emergency Medical Response
Fire fighting - 101 and 102
and EMT - to Seniors how can graduate with a license to start working right out of high school.

Its a pretty cool program, and not many of them in California.

That's awesome.  I spent most of my life in the medical field.  ER, Ambulance, and later ICU.  ICLS and CCRN certified.

Cool I was Ambulance, Firefighter, and later ER Grave Yards.  Somedays I miss it, but I enjoy what I do now as well.

Me too! I am retired and I fish

Enjoy your Retirement thanks for all you did and you deserve to relax and fish now.

Haha, sometimes the experience of what has worked in the past is good enough information.

Why ask why?

Jerdon wrote:Haha, sometimes the experience of what has worked in the past is good enough information.

Why ask why?

You got that right.