I spent the weekend on a much-needed vacation camping on the Hiwassee River in Tennessee, and I tried my hand at Fly Fishing for the first time.
I can see how people get addicted to fly fishing. It’s more than simply knowing the fish and their habitat. There is a definite element of artistry involved. When you’re fishing with a regular rod and reel, it’s a matter of finding the right bait. After that, it’s just trial, error and a great deal of patience.
But when you’re fly fishing, you have to finesse the lure into behaving like a real bug. It has to look just right, light on the water just right, float on the current just right. It’s not enough to simply try and fake it. It’s not even enough to know what to do on an intellectual level. You actually have to become the fly.
It is very intuitive. If you over-analyze it and lose the rhythm if the cast, the line starts doing strange and terrible things over your head. More than once this weekend, I found the tiny but well-armed fly racing straight toward my face, flinching just in time to feel the breeze as it hissed past my ear.
When I’m thinking about the fish, that’s when I lose it. But if I’m tuned into the fly and what it’s doing in the moment, the fish comes all on it’s own.
What the hell does this have to do with blogging? Re-read this in your on voice, but substitute people for the fly/bug, sale for the fish, audience for the line and credibility for your face. I and Me are still I and Me. Or in your case, you.
In the end, if you’re not being real, things are simply going to end in misery, with no payoff to show for it.
译文:
假期一课
周末，我在田纳西州的海沃西河上露营，并且第一次尝试飞钓，度过了一个非常有意义的假期。
我可以看出人们对飞钓有多么的迷恋。这不只是简单的知道鱼的名字以及它们的栖息地，其中还有一定的艺术元素在里面。当你用普通的鱼竿和鱼线钓鱼时，首先要做的是选择鱼饵，然后就是努力的尝试，错误的出现以及极大的耐心的问题了。
但是，当你飞钓时，你必须经受得住那些貌似真实的诱惑。它需要你看得准，抛线要抛得恰到好处，鱼漂要放得对等等。简单的尝试和假装是不够的。在智力层面上，仅仅知道要做什么也是不够的。你必须真正地成为飞钓专家。
飞钓也是需要靠直觉的。如果你在抛掷鱼线时过分的分析怎样去抛而不注意节奏，那么鱼线就会朝着很奇怪的走势而去，糟糕的事情可能就会发生。这个周末，我不只一次的体验到细小但装备精良的飞钓从我脸前飞过，感觉到嘶嘶微风从我耳旁掠过。
回想起钓鱼，我从没钓到过鱼。但如果回想到那次飞钓，好多鱼都自动的围上来。
这个经历和我写这篇日志又有什么关系呢？你再一次用心的去读它，把人当作是鱼饵，把市场需求当作是鱼，把读者当作是鱼线，把可信性当作是你的脸。可是我还是我，或者在你的条件下会成为你。
最后，如果你不是真正的努力的话，那么事情只会以痛苦的结局而告终，并且你没能得到任何收获。