Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Tail
Do fish have inalienable rights? You know, self-evident truths passed down by a well-endowed creator? Do they feel happiness? Or even sadness, for that matter?
For me, I know the ecstasy of hooking a whopper, reeling in a keeper and landing the big one. I have been chasing (fish) tail since my youth. It never seems to get old. The thrill of the chase, the silky smooth cast of the line, the peaceful moments in between.
Hemingway wrote about the epic struggle of an old man and a fish. Thus inspired, I wrote about my own – “The Middle Aged Man and the Pond”.
Funny to think about just how much of our daily to’ing and fro’ing has to do with instinctive, primal urges. Like fishing.
What primal, instinctive urge have you exercised today?
