How is Fishing Meditation?

Lindsay Jopson
7 min readApr 1, 2020

I would consider myself a bit of a ‘fishing nut’ and I am sure those that know me would agree, and honestly. I love it. All forms from fly fishing to spearfishing. To me, they all encompass similar properties that make me completely addicted to the act.

I would say my personality type would be that of an extravert. I have a lot of energy that I enjoy sharing my energy with others.

I am by no means ‘built like a fisherman’. I am essentially a Computer Nerd who spends their days in front of a computer in an office.

I often find myself explaining why I love fishing so much to people and recently I have discovered it is due to it being my form of meditation.

The leap to understand why I loved fishing so much came when I invested in a kayak. This meant I was fishing alone. It was on one particular fishing trip where I was sitting alone in the middle of the sea, I leant back in my kayak and I realised, the stresses from the ‘city life’ and all that which surrounds it was not present in my mind. My shoulders were relaxed, my mind was clear, and all I was thinking about was how I could get a fish, onto the other end of my line.

At this moment I realised. This is my meditation.

I have always been envious of those that meditate, do yoga and lay there ‘thinking about nothing’. I…

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