When I am fishing, I feel very at peace and connected with earth’s natural elements. I avoid taking my phone out on the river in order to ensure that I am focusing solely on nature and nothing else. I often get bored in classrooms or with social media, but I have honestly never experienced boredom when I’m up north, especially when I’m in a body of water. I also have never experienced anger or frustration, even when I couldn’t catch a fish or got my feet so stuck in muck that it took me several minutes to escape. Whenever I accidentally get my fly caught on a tree or a log, I laugh and brush it off because I know that it’s just part of the process. I was telling a family member about how I slipped on a rock in the river and fell to my knees
