Learn to Catch Peacock Bass
A How-to Guide of Tactics
and Techniques for Amazon Peacock Bass. |
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A Fisherman's Disease
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Anglers are
victims of an addiction described decades ago by the famed psychologist,
B.F. Skinner. We cannot live without our doses of "gamblers reinforcement".
We are turned on by the strange process of repeating unrewarded efforts
for the sole purpose of eliciting an occasional, random flash of success.
Very few people would consider such a strategy for other aspects of their
lives. Scientists or chefs, engineers or businessmen, truck drivers
or mechanics, certainly wouldn't
do their
jobs this way. Even fishermen don't go to work, raise their children
or plan their lives in this manner. But somehow, with a stretch of
water in front of them, these otherwise perfectly normal people will wave
a fishing rod over and over and over, casting into a relatively opaque
medium, in the hope that a primitive creature will be fooled into trying
to eat a bunch of feathers or a chunk of wood attached to a string on the
end of their rod. And they'll do it for days on end, every chance
they get. |
| The scary thing
is that I not only recognize the strange and futile nature of this disease,
but I have happily let myself become further and further immersed in it.
If you are a victim, like me, you probably recognize some of these symptoms
and side effects; a hidden stash of colorful, flashy, small hooked
objects made of plastic, metal and wood, feathers and hair; a strange
attraction to water full of tree stumps and fallen timber or rocks, rapids
and convoluted shorelines; a kind of mesmerization when reeling,
casting and waving fishing paraphernalia in the air; an adrenaline
rush when even the slightest variation is imparted to the steady, regular
feel of a rod tip or a stretched line in your fingers; The only cure
is a fishing fix, more of the same disease. Thankfully, nature has
provided us with a world full of beautiful places and fantastic fishes
with which to treat our condition. And the most powerful medicine,
the strongest drug, the ultimate fishing fix I have ever found is the incredible
peacock bass. They hit harder than they have any reason to, they run more explosively than any angler would expect, they fight harder than their size and weight would seem to allow and they have more stamina than seems possible given their violent style. Although all of these things are strong medicine for the fisherman's disease, it seems that the more of this drug we get, the more we need. Every day you spend fishing seems to make you just want more days and every fish you catch seems to make you just want to catch more fish. The disease is probably incurable and everyone's case seems to be just a little bit different. Some like to pursue their addiction in air conditioned comfort, some prefer moving right into the fish's lair. So the best we can offer you is a fix, not a cure, just a temporary treatment and an exciting way to get at it that best fits your variation of the disease. Here's how........ |
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