Image via WikipediaAs most of my reader know I haven’t been fishing in almost 5 years, 4 fishing season. It’s amazing how much you need your heart beating to just walk.
My wife has been terrific since Feb. 2004, well she was terrific before that, she just showed it a whole lot more since my heart attack. Ah love.
It has been most depressing but I couldn’t imagine going through this alone, I am sure I would have just given up and faded away completely.
Not being able to even go fishing was a big part of that depression during those 4 fishing season I could not fish. It bothered me so much I had to hide all my fishing gear and fly tying equipment away in the basement.
Even though I spent a long time being depress I never actually gave up 100% otherwise I am sure I would have given or thrown it all away.
Really long story short I took meds, plenty of them, and walked as much as I could for four years and even though I will never be 100% I am up for going fishing, so…
I bought another desk and put it in my office. It’s a bit crowded but I have two of my three passions here in my office now. My computer and my fly tying gear. My wife, my other passion, comes in my office every once in a while to see if I am still kicking.
I couldn’t go out while the weather was still too cold, my body can’t take the cold yet but I can be a fair weather fisherMann for a while. It just feels so great to be only a few days away from actually getting out fishing.
I bought a small video camera a couple of months ago so that I could document the progress of our backyard garden and flowers for my gardening blog but now I will also be able to take it fishing and get some nice shots of the places I go.
I probably won’t give the actually locations but it’s more about sharing the scenery and the experience and not so much about sharing the locations to the point of over fishing.
Wish me the best and if I get out on the water I will certainly post about it.
