“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…”  Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Trout Fisherman @ Flydaho and Idahope

The above is, perhaps, the core truth of the endeavor. Associated factors are ‘the moment’, the stealth, the seduction, the process, the prep, the company, the ego. But, they are all secondary to the above for many of us. Peace of mind and peace of soul…whether we realize it or not while we immerse ourselves in the secondary factors.