1st i do go out to escape life's crap. andfishing provides that escape, fly fishing is consuming and takes so many small thoughts to produce 1 fish:
finding the fish
finding what the fish is eating
finding the right imatation of that
the cast
mend
drift
set
fight
release
with all this running through your mind every few minutes how do you have time to stress. sure hiking gets you out there, but forme it is just left foot, right foot, repeat.
I also live for the moments of perfection.
you know them. wehn you see a big'un sitting in a tough spot sipping from the surface. you watch his prey, find a close imitationin your box, select where to cast, mend and then SLURP fish on. if that happens once in a day I can go home grinnin like a 4 year old. but iwill always leave a river satisfied.
That is why I will wake at 4 on a Saturday.