A Healthy Dose of Fly Fishing Logic: How to Make “Crazy” Into “Happy”

I’m at the tail-end of a weeklong fire drill (a client asked me to create and teach an email marketing class on four days notice, and yes, the Wonderdog got very sick).

With an impressive heap of “hectic” piled up behind me – and basically more of the same ahead – one thing is clear: some Quality Outdoor Time is needed.

And with Wally the Wonderdog no longer content to lay around and consume big-dollar antibiotics (he still is, it’s just that he wants more from life), a plan is taking shape.

And yes, the Undergrounders know exactly what I mean.

The fly fisherman's Logic Diagram

It starts with the glimmer of an idea; one that cleverly pieces together all the different requirements.

For the readers who don’t fly fish (even the mentally ill are welcome at the Underground), it goes something like this:

It’s an afternoon trip, so I’v gotta stay close to home.

The Wonderdog’s weak, it’s hot, and his fur is black, so it has to be largely shaded.

And yes, “pretty” is a requirement too (this allows for periodic naps breaks).

Finally, my psyche is largely shattered, so dry flies are demanded.

Mash together all the above, and voila!

In an hour or so, I’ll be on an as-yet-unexplored (by me) stretch of a small stream.

See? Once you’ve run through the requirements, the “best” choice simply rises to the top.

(Hoo-ray for Logic!)

All it’s really going to require is that I look away from the festering pile of other projects created by the Great Email Class Emergency of 2010.

That’s one of the real dangers of self-employment; somebody’s fire-drill not only consumes you while it’s in progress, but creates a logjam of delayed projects, whose owners are anxious to see a little progress too.

If you let it, it can turn trap you in a wash/rinse/repeat cycle that never lets you out the door.

Fortunately, us fly fishermen are experts in the use of logic.

See you on a small stream (and soon), Tom Chandler.

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