I read a Twitter conversation the other day between a pair of chaps chatting about dreaming and one of them pointed out the strangeness of having the radio on after the alarm went off but you're not actually awake. That really lit a spark with me, as I recall some belters I had when I used to have my clock radio and the Today programme was on and I was in that 2nd level of sleep, where you're not really asleep but below that point where you're just emerging to wakefulness. The radio gets into the ears and what they are hearing gets mixed into the dreams and it's magnificent.
Allowing the brain to drift is a great thing and it is increasingly hard to do. I used to do it when giving the car a proper valet, when there's not a lot to think about what you are doing you cannot get better than just summoning a train of thought and following it to see where it goes. I can't do it any more since my 4 year old insists on being involved with car washing and doing as much as he can. But shortly, when I go back to angling, I will have the time and chance to just sit back, watch the fishing tackle and see the mind disappear into itself.
I honestly believe it helps to keep the flexible as I used to watch myself going down side roads and making all types of connections, testing my memory and attempting to figure out challenges. Also it's a great thing for revisiting times of your life, places visited and people met. Of course it can be painful as well, thinking back over one's career and thinking "where did it all go wrong?" :o)
Possibly it's me, but the time I get to be able to permit the mind to wander is seeming ever rarer. It's another reason why stopping angling was a nutty thing to let happen, especially as the main period for the brain to wander when it happens, if it occurs, is at the wrong part of the sleep timetable, and it keeps one awake which is not what's needed at all.
A functioning imagination is a vital part of the fishing tackle, not only since you want to adapt to the situation of the day, but also the time of the year. angling in summer is straightforward, particularly around June when the season has just started and the fish have forgotten about being caught previously and the freshly hatched fish never have been. Later though, fishing becomes difficult as the fish wise up, the weather changes how the fish feed and where, so you have to be able to adapt.
Trying a variety of baits and tackle for fishing is crucial as very often a period of testing is needed before finding the best set up for what will goad the fish into going after the prize on the hook. And, then when satisfied with the setup it's a chance to sit back, take it easy and set the mind go. And don't push it! It won't work if you decide the way or drive the pace, all that happens then is that you're left wondering what's on the telly later.
So, the point is to pack your mind along with the fishing tackle because, as well as the sheer enjoyment to be had fishing, it's a bonus to be able to keep the brain supple, the memory freshened up and enthused.
20110118
Allowing the brain to drift is a great thing and it is increasingly hard to do. I used to do it when giving the car a proper valet, when there's not a lot to think about what you are doing you cannot get better than just summoning a train of thought and following it to see where it goes. I can't do it any more since my 4 year old insists on being involved with car washing and doing as much as he can. But shortly, when I go back to angling, I will have the time and chance to just sit back, watch the fishing tackle and see the mind disappear into itself.
I honestly believe it helps to keep the flexible as I used to watch myself going down side roads and making all types of connections, testing my memory and attempting to figure out challenges. Also it's a great thing for revisiting times of your life, places visited and people met. Of course it can be painful as well, thinking back over one's career and thinking "where did it all go wrong?" :o)
Possibly it's me, but the time I get to be able to permit the mind to wander is seeming ever rarer. It's another reason why stopping angling was a nutty thing to let happen, especially as the main period for the brain to wander when it happens, if it occurs, is at the wrong part of the sleep timetable, and it keeps one awake which is not what's needed at all.
A functioning imagination is a vital part of the fishing tackle, not only since you want to adapt to the situation of the day, but also the time of the year. angling in summer is straightforward, particularly around June when the season has just started and the fish have forgotten about being caught previously and the freshly hatched fish never have been. Later though, fishing becomes difficult as the fish wise up, the weather changes how the fish feed and where, so you have to be able to adapt.
Trying a variety of baits and tackle for fishing is crucial as very often a period of testing is needed before finding the best set up for what will goad the fish into going after the prize on the hook. And, then when satisfied with the setup it's a chance to sit back, take it easy and set the mind go. And don't push it! It won't work if you decide the way or drive the pace, all that happens then is that you're left wondering what's on the telly later.
So, the point is to pack your mind along with the fishing tackle because, as well as the sheer enjoyment to be had fishing, it's a bonus to be able to keep the brain supple, the memory freshened up and enthused.
20110118
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