Many of the protestors in the immigration marches have stated that we need open borders and that illegal aliens should not be treated as criminals for breaking the law. Instead they marched in rallies with Mexican Flags to show their appreciation for being in our great nation. What is up with that I have often wondered? Break the law and then shove it in our faces why don’t you? Interesting indeed.

One political activist Mr. J. Morales said illegal immigration does not bother him, why is everyone so touchy over this issue. Then he states that often illegal aliens are found dead and no one cares, but if one girl is missing in Aruba from America the whole world is up in arms and it is on the TV every night.

Well, He is right you know, Illegal Aliens often come here and joining the MS-13 gangs and are sometimes found dead in allies. No one cares about these drug smugglers and drug dealers or gang-bangers who run around killing each other and committing crimes.

No one seems to care about the 36% of the prison population in AZ being illegal aliens. They just wanted to build a better life by committing crimes, selling drugs, committing their fifth DUI, rape, beating up on women or stealing a car. You know they needed a car, and well you drove a nice car so they were merely permanently borrowing it? What is the big deal? Just because they had 5-prior convictions? Give them a break they are just poor illegal aliens, how inhuman of you stupid Americans? Consider the hypocrisy of these arguments and all of this in 2006.

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Every once in while, I find the perfect pair of shoes. You know, the ones that fit just right, and never seem to let you down. The shoes that I like the best are just simple sneakers. Nike’s are what I like. About 10 years ago I found the perfect pair. They looked just like the first Air Jordan’s high tops, but these are the low top sneaker versions. They were the best shoes that I ever had. In fact, I still own them and wear them almost every day still. But, the time is coming soon for me to getanother pair. I really don’t want to. I have been searching everywhere and I have had no luck finding a duplicate pair. I don’t just want any pair of shoes. I need to find the exact same pair, no others will do. When you find yourself at the store and you thinkthat you have found the perfect pair of shoes, you need to act. The shoes that you love so much will soon be gone, and you will never be able to replace them. The next time that I find my next favorite shoe, I will not be so stupid. Maybe there is a chance that I will find my dear Nike’s again, if that time comes I will buy a whole bunch of them. There is nothing wrong with getting more than you need, if you really like it. If I did that, my feet would never be lonely and sad again.

So I get an email from Julie talking about her grand mother who was a refugee during the war here in the Caux Palace where I am currently studying Hotel Management.

She goes on to say:

There were 1600 jews coming from the Bergen Belsen camp and they arrived towards the begining of December 1944. Escaping finally with their life and ultimately very happy and hungry with almost no showers. Old, young, men and women.

They were put first in a big hall, and given covers and food. Then put into small rooms, lots were packed in, as there was not much space. They got food and slowly, clothes to wear.

But it was a cold, cold winter and they did not have adequate heating in the building, and her grand mother wrote they were freezing most of the time.

And they were still closed off from the rest of the world. Sometimes, one of them was given permission to go out. One could go to Geneve, visit his son and family there.

Spring arrived, they were given more permission to go out, and the flowers were beautiful. She loved the nature, the lake, the mountains. The walks.

Then the day of peace arrived. They were not permitted to go out not even to telephone their son. They heard only later how everyone has gone out and had a big celebration - without them.

Finally, another group arrived, they went to another city nearby some of them, others to Palestina (now Israel) and that is the story of her grandmother’s stay there.

Her husband was in the meantime in a hospital nearby (where they gave them more food and was warmer) and her daughter worked to keep clean the hotel first, then to give lessons of gymnastic to people. She cared for the children and cleaned their rooms.

Happy to escape with life, but still a difficult life leid ahead.

They stayed later in old people’s house for the next 15 years, then went to live with their children. She met her grandmother in 1961 when she came out of Romania.

http://www.leftofme.com - Blog about the Caux Palace and the stories behind it.

Masked in a portrayal of Orlando
T.Jain

It is easier to recognize Billy Shakespeare as a genius than a perfectionist, and still easier to recognize him as a perfectionist than a sensible man. ‘As you like it’ is a play burdened with more mental incongruities than a clothes salesman at a nudist resort. It is a violent pornography of harmless affection, of kinky pastoral rites pleasuring the aristocratic impotency with orgasmic wit and a sunny, erotic humor.
Orlando, the ostensible protagonist, is a bastard of Shakespeare’s hypocrisy; the whole idea of pastoral literature was somewhat analogous to your monthly edition of Hustler but with a polite, referential index of village life. Shakespeare’s choice of a protagonist is seemingly phallic, by phallic I mean penal, by penal I mean the male reproductive organ. I allude to the fact that the choosing of a protagonist finds itself a bias more inclined to respective testosterone levels than any literary convention. It is impossible to draw a cutthroat comparison or even discover an inflexible comparative degree between Oliver, Touchstone, William, Silvius, Duke Senior, Duke Frederick, Charles, Jaques, Amiens, Adam, Dennis, Corin, and the big-shot, Orlando. It is a latent war of manhoods, and Shakespeare seems to acknowledge character according to necessary allocation and immediate proportion. Orlando either supercedes or overshadows other characters by the virtue of his genitals.

The portrayal of Arden as a place of chancy serendipity and the peremptory gender reversals insinuate of the pervert in Shakespeare. Stationing Orlando as a sexual predator blathering in hot, zesty verses for Rosalind perhaps reveal a more wanton facet of the character. By the importunate eulogizing and mushrooming of one Orlando, we witness the terminal, painful castration of other male characters. Most of Shakespeare’s plays are governed by a code of soft encryption, and when we rupture this code, the play seems fickle, inadequate and almost as irritating as a homosexual. The code in ‘As you like it’ is of idealism, i.e., to develop an ideal protagonist and rape or molest a yarn around him. So observe a few decoded techniques -

In a comic play that derives the comedy from essential pastoral life, Orlando is not a shepherd, i.e., not a source of humor. Secondly, Orlando defeats a likely undefeatable Charles with an intriguing alacrity, thus demeaning Charles and instigating a process of elevation that is cogently earmarked throughout the play. Thirdly, Adam has little to render to the play than to continually deposit Orlando as a great man in dire circumstances. Fourthly, Jaques, though poses as a bright, resplendent character, and when comes decently close to superceding Orlando as a man of a superior intellect, Shakespeare puts the scissors to his crotch and Jaques is imposed upon with a persistent eccentricity that cannot match up to the more perfect airs of Orlando. While Duke Frederick is rendered the malign sector of the play and Duke Senior is too uncomfortably idyllic, other masculine characters like Touchstone, Corin, William, Silvius, Dennis aren’t even adequately potent to match up to Orlando. So, through a covert technique, Shakespeare establishes a personality that lugs the encumbrance of a play that not only lacks action, but obediently subsumes and endorses the aristocratic interpretation of a conventional Pastoral comedy.

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The Potomac is a river in North America. It stretches from the Fairfax Stone in West Virgina to Point Lookout, Maryland. It travels through Cumberland, Maryland, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and, finally, to Washington, D.C. It’s not an exceptionally long river (383 miles), however, it has had an impact on millions of people.

If you would, permit this aged, old man (a senior by today’s standards) to take you to a few spots on the river of yesteryear.

Our first stop is Kitzmiller, Maryland about 15 miles East of the river’s beginning. Kitzmiller is my home town.

When I was a kid in the 50s, the town had a population of about 600. The population was about half-Anglo and half-Souther European. Many Italians, Hungarians, Russians and others immigrated in the early part of the 20th century and would up working in coal mines in nearby West Virginia and Maryland.

During my childhood, the area was experiencing a wind down of coal production in the area. Hence, the population dwindled almost every year. Today, there are about 300 souls there.

It was a town of vibrant, resourceful people. It was an era when one could leave one’s door unlocked. It was a time when you could buy dynamite at the local store for projects and carry your shotgun in the post-office with no hassle. The last item was during hunting season.

The Potomac at that time was yellow! The effulence from the coal mines made the water polluted and there were no fish. Fortunately, through the years, the river has been reclaimed. Today, there are fish in the river in Kitzmiller.

There was a flood on the Potomac in the 50s-a product of Hurricane Hazel. A portion of the town was wiped out. Fortunately, there were no deaths.

A flood wall was built for the Army Corp of Engineers shortly after this flood. It served the town well for about twenty years.

Another flood in 1985 flooded the home place to about two feet of water in the first floor. Part of East Main Street was gone and had to be rebuilt. As far as I know, there were no casualties. Bob Teets has a fine photo book of the 85 flood. I’m sure you can find it on the web.

My observations are from my book, Orphans of the Wind, also available on the web.

Another fascinating look of river life is Colored People by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Dr. Gates has written about his childhood of growing up in Piedmont, West Virginia. Piedmont is about 10 mile down the river from Kitzmiller. Dr. Gates details the hardships and joys of growing up “black” in a small town. It is an thoroughly enjoyable and readable personal memoir that has no equal in its genre.

Piedmont was a paper mill town and it smelled like it. I remember the stench of the mill while travelling through that area. In fact, when I was a child, there was no vegetation on the hill behing the mill. The smell reminded me of liquid manure and sulfuric acid combined!

Dr. Gates’ book is enlightening of an era that touched so many with prejudice, yet left others alone. You will marvel at the strength of the Gates family and the integrity and beauty of good people. This is a well-known book and if you haven’t read it. Get busy! Colored People is available at many sites on the web.

About the time, Dr. Gates was two years old, a 6 year old girl was in an orphanage in Washington, D.C. Nita, the daughter of a Filipino immigrant was being raised by the Sisters of Charity.

Her story, along the Potomac, begins when she and her younger sister are taken from their comfortable home with relative on Capitol Hill to live in an institution.

The Potomac, even then, was a source of recreation and reflection. Perhaps not as crowded along the river bank but full of people appreciating the ageless river.

She describes the era well in her book, Forever in our Hears. Additionally, details the struggle of immigrants in her second book, Say Uncle! Life in DC with my Filipino Uncles. Again, available on the web.

Three people, one famous and two not-so-famous give you a glimpse of a time that will never be again. There are many more references concerning life along the Potomac that would be beneficial in your study of the Potomac. I do hope that you will research life along the Potomac more thoroughly for your own benefit.

The stories you will uncover will be as fascinating as the endless river that flows to the Capital.

G. M. Smith live near Kearneysville, West Virginia. He holds a B.A. for the University of New York, Albany.
One book-Orphans of the Wind and several essays.

The first of the Chakri kings, King Rama I or King Phra
Phuttayotfa, who reigned from 1782 - 1809,
founded the dynasty when he established Bangkok as the
capital of Thailand. King Rama I is remembered as the great
warrior who put an end to the constant Burmese threat and
consolidated the kingdom.

Literature flourished during the First Reign. Works include
the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Indian Ramayana epic
and the translation of the Chinese classic, Romance of the
Three Kingdoms.

When King Rama II or King Phra Phutthalertla Napalai,
the son of King Rama I, ascended the throne, his reign
from 1809 - 1824 signaled the start of a dynasty. Like
his father, King Rama II loved literature and was renowned as
a great poet.

The Chakri dynasty continued with King Rama III or
King Phra Nangklao, the son of King Rama II, who
reigned from 1824 - 1851. Unlike his father, he had no
interest in literature. Even the greatest of Thai poets, Sunthorn
Phu, found no favor in the Third Reign.

In King Rama IV or King Mongkut (1851 - 1868),
another son of King Rama II, the kingdom had one of the most
enlightened Chakri kings. After 27 years in monkhood during
which he studied Buddhism, English, Latin, science,
mathematics and astrology, King Monkut ascended the throne
at 47.

Politically astute, he saw the growing pressures of colonialism
and prepared his son, Prince Chulalongkorn, for the challenges
ahead.

The reign of King Rama V or King Chulalongkorn (1868 -
1910, was the golden age of the Chakri Reformation. The
most revered of the Chakri kings, King Chulalongkorn
reorganized the government, improved education,
infrastructure and communications. Slavery was abolished.

His crowning achievement was the ability to neutralize Britain
and France at the height of their imperial power and preserve
the independence of Thailand.

King Rama VI or King Vajiravudh, the son of King
Rama V, reigned from 1910 - 1925. The first of the
Chakri kings to be educated overseas, King Vajiravudh
introduced surnames for the people, changed Thai flag to its
present form, enacted compulsory primary education and
established Chulalongkorn University in memory of his father.
The Seventh Reign, however, incurred massive spending in a
fragile economy, a harbinger of events in the next reign.

The last of King Rama V’s sons, King Rama VII or King
Prajadhipok, reigned from 1925 - 1935. He was
also the last of the Chakri kings to reign as absolute monarch.
The coup on 24 June 1932 ended the absolute monarchy.

King Prajadhipok reigned briefly as the first constitutional
monarch in a stormy relationship with the new government.
He abdicated on 2 March 1935.

After the abdication, young Prince Ananda, the son of Prince
Mahidol and grandson of King Rama V, he was appointed king
at the age of ten. Regency was appointed while the young king
continued his studies.

King Rama VIII or King Ananda Mahidol had a short
and tragic reign from 1935 - 1946. On 9 June 1946,
less than a year after he returned from his studies, the young
King Ananda was found shot. No verdict was returned.

In 1946, the present monarch, King Rama IX or
King Bhumipol Adulyadej, younger brother of King
Ananda, ascended the throne. The reign saw the blossoming of
a close relationship between the benevolent monarch and his
people, one of deep respect and fatherly love.

It seemed the ideal model of a constitutional monarchy over
the longest reign in history. Perhaps the one that King
Prajadhipok was so desperately seeking in 1932.

The nine kings of the Chakri dynasty have seen old Siam from
a group of fragmented kingdoms under constant external
threat to a unified kingdom. The kingdom went through a
painful transition from an absolute monarchy to a tumultuous
constitutional democracy and onto a thriving and stable
nation.

The reign of the Chakri Kings in Thailand has covered more
than 220 years over which the kingdom has preserved its unity,
independence and prosperity.

For more on the Chakri Kings.

Chakri Kings first appeared in Tour Bangkok
Legacies a historical travel site on people, places and
events that shaped the landscape of Bangkok. The author Eric
Lim, a free-lance writer, lives in Bangkok Thailand.

When your eyes are open you tend to find wonderful and extraordinary people right around you. My dentist, Dr. Rajiv Arya, is one of those indivdiuals. Whenever I go to have my teeth checked we end up having a very deep conversation, and I always marvel at what Dr. Arya is involved in. Not only is he a practicing dentist and a practicing lawyer, Dr. Arya has volunteered his time and expertise in places like India, Malawi, Zambia, and of course, Canada. He is one of the most multi-faceted individuals I know. Without further ado, here he is: Dr. Arya:

1. Please tell us a little bit about your personal and educational background.

I am married and have a little daughter of 22 months. It’s been a truly profound experience having her. I have found that just when you thought that marriage was the best thing in and for your life, having a kid is even better. My life overall is relatively uneventful. The great thing is I have a supportive family on both sides. I consider myself very lucky.

2. You practice actively as a dental surgeon and as a lawyer. Why did you decide to do that and what in general is your philosophy related to work?

I actually get that question a lot. Why did I get into dentistry and law? I guess it was self-preservation. I felt that I needed another profession to give me complete or a further satisfaction in my work life that I was looking for. It definitely wasn’t for the challenge- as both professions are very challenging. What one profession would not offer the other one could and vice-versa. It was a bit of a gamble to make this choice. But it was never about making more money, or being uniquely qualified. I am not as goal-oriented as people would think. This choice was more about self-fulfillment and I don’t regret it for a second. The end result is that, yes, I do have a busy week; but more importantly, I am usually smiling and contented throughout it.

What made me go into these fields carries over into the rest of my left. I attempt to look at life in a broader, holistic manner. In dentistry I take interest in the patient, not just the clinical procedure before me. If there is one thing I can give myself credit for it’s that I have an uncanny ability to remember details about my patients and clients for a long time. On check ups, I will often comment on earlier things they told me and follow up on the details of their lives that they have shared with me. Sometimes I surprise myself, even more than the patients, how much I remember about them personally.

I take an interest in my patients that goes beyond just the treatment, I look at my patients more on a holistic well-being approach. Similarly, in law, I look at the client from a bigger kind of picture. What are we really trying to accomplish here? That way- all the parties involved are appreciative of what you are trying to do for them.

I would like to think that I take a casual approach to both jobs since I am not a big fan of pretenses, or acting like as if you know absolutely everything. I don’t appreciate smoke and mirrors. I also try not to take myself too seriously. In both professions you come across experiences that you just don’t know the answer to at the moment. This can present as a very challenging situation. I am the first one to say that we need to look a situation from more angles and perhaps bring in a different expertise. Clients and patients appreciate that candor and I find that they, in return, talk to me on a different level- a more candid level. It always surprises and pleases me when my patients and clients inquire and remember things about my life outside of work. It gives me some sense of belief that they also care. What you see is what you get. I am not a flashy lawyer or dentist, there are no Armani suits here.

3. How do you manage to combine a busy law practice with your work as a dental surgeon?

I find that achieving balance is not as difficult to manage as one would guess. You have to know your limitations and priorities. My priorities have always been clear: I wanted to have a very strong family life and an equally fulfilling professional life. In law I am fortunate that I virtually only take on the cases that interest me. In dentistry it’s a similar sort of thing - if something is beyond my capabilities or outside of my area of interest I refer it out to other specialists. Similarly, I spend a lot of my time with my little one. At the moment, she usually gets up around 5:30-6am and is in a good mood right away. Since I have the morning shift with her, I have to quickly buckle up and start smiling back at her. These hours are precious and more times than not, I seem to always learn a little bit from her every single day.

Essentially I eliminate the extraneous things of the day and somehow everything falls in place. I have to also say that I have a very supportive wife who is very organized and keeps things in check. My philosophy is “Just do it”. If you like what you do, if you like your life and want to maximize the finite time we all have on Earth, then you do what’s important to you. Even during law school I practiced about 20 to 25 hours of dentistry a week, and I missed out on going to the pub on every Thursday night. I also didn’t just hang around and have coffee during the day waiting for the next class to start. I tried to maximize.

In general, if people really need to do something they’ll do it. It’s the same with friendships - you make time for the people that are really important to you.

4. Please tell us a bit about your travel experience in general.

Someone I know and respect said recently: “life is made up of experiences. If I have to measure the quality of my life, I look to experiences that I can remember, that have moved me.” Travel is one of those things. Travel is one of those pillars in life, like marriage or births or deaths or other major events, that has the ability to move humans.

I often, but not always of course, pick places off the beaten path since I enjoy seeing alternative places. Travel for me has to have some level of profoundness in general. It needs to be something that is moving. It’s the closest thing that we as adults can do to bring us back to childhood. When you travel, you look at life almost with the curiosity of a little child, you look at street signs, light posts, the way people act. There is a freshness about traveling, it’s childlike. When I observe my little girl I notice that she is so curious and playful. Travel brings us to that level of openness. It’s very refreshing, liberating and reviving.

5. You have also volunteered in countries such as Canada, India, Malawi and Zambia. Please tell us more about these experiences.

I have practiced volunteer dentistry in hospitals in India. I have also helped out with such far out tasks as applying bug repellent on trees in Zambia, visited hospitals in Zambia and Malawi, and even have done dental work in Canada for troubled youth.

Volunteering in general is something where you always get more than what you put in. That’s a fact. A few years ago I went to India, and it wasn’t at the happiest time in my life. However, I feel like just when you have nothing left in your life, when you are empty, and then at that point when you decide to give more, you start to fill up. This is a very valuable lesson about volunteering in general. It is good for the soul. More than you know!

6. You have also participated in racial equity and leadership initiatives in South Africa, Poland and Germany. Please tell us more about these experiences.

These initiatives were actually started by my wife. She is very vocal proponent of racial equity in the Toronto School Board where she is a vice-principal now. She always had an inherent notion of equity, even before it became politically correct. She always seemed to be on the cutting edge.

She always brought home articles written by educators or other commentators about racial equity. This conveyed to me a little twist on how to see things. A few years ago she had an opportunity with a Catholic education organization to go to South Africa. Since she’s a big friend of animals, and elephants in particular, she said that’s a good enough reason to go. She just wanted to go for a few weeks. Once I started reading the outline, I decided that I was coming too. Whether she liked it or not!

30 of us went down and we got to speak with community leaders, went to leadership meetings, spoke with interesting people who helped South Africa come out of apartheid. We visited a lot of areas and it was an eye-opening venture. The experience was very moving, particularly since the free elections were in 1993.

The group leader that took us to South Africa was already thinking of studying the holocaust in Poland and Germany. I had already been to Israel earlier and since the tour was organized on a very high level, I wanted to come along. I was pulled into this by people that I respect and admire. That’s how everything got started.

As the saying goes, ‘if you hang around with eagles then you will soar, but if you hang around with turkeys…..’

7. A few years ago you went on a very interesting trip that took you to the sites of the Holocaust. Tell us more about that trip.

I recently heard a commentator speak about the Holocaust and people who visit the sites. He said there is absolutely nothing to be learned from the Holocaust and we should not study it because it’s so horrific there is nothing to be learned. Although I appreciate his sentiment, I feel, with due respect of course, that I do not agree with his commentary.

What you see at the sites is so horrific and moving that words cannot explain it. Everyone needs to see what occurred. And not just here - other places too - like Rwanda etc. However, there’s been a physical preservation of it in places like Poland and Germany. There are many concentration camps and death camps preserved. It’s an experience that shakes you to the core. This goes back to one of the broader reasons for travel. Go and try to experience something because reading, video or other media can’t move you in the same way.

It was a very sad trip, but at the same time I tried to make it more academic, make it more scholarly, to try to understand what happened. I had the luxury to do this. I didn’t have to experience it directly. But I ended up with more questions than answers.

The whole interview with photos is published at Travel and Transitions - Interviews

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If you have even a passing interest in the topic of Bass Fishing, then you should take a look at the following information. This enlightening article presents some of the latest news on the subject of Bass Fishing.

How can you put a limit on learning more? The next section may contain that one little bit of wisdom that changes everything.

Bass fish is a black fish, a specie of North American fish. Other types of bass fish are the large mouth bass, small mouth bass, Kentucky bass and a lot more.

Bass fishing originates in southern United States of America. This fish if originally for food and later turned out to be a sport. However, in 1950’s it became the second most sought after game in the states, coming from a humble start. Bass fishing has made a drastic change in the fishing industry with regards to development of some fishing gears form rods to reels, making way to lines to lures. There is also the evolution of electronic boats and modern bass boats. Luckily, this sport brings a lot of money to the state. More than billions upon billions of dollars is being taken form this sport.

Most of the participants in this fishing sport do not treat bass fish as food. They treat this kind of fishing a sport. Usually, they catch fishes and release them in water afterwards. This is called “catch and released”, the BASS (Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society) under the National Tournament circuits brought this. There is a huge penalty whenever they catch dead fish. Dead fishes are not counted as a score. The caught fishes are immediately taken for weighing purposes and released back to water. If the fishes were stressed, they are placed in a tank for treatments then released back to water right after.

Largemouth bass fish was introduced across the world by government wildlife department and sports angler. Japan and South Africa are just two among the countries who got active programs of bass fish stockings. In fact, Japan, South Africa and Australia are some of the countries with many participants in fishing tournaments held in United States. Australia has its own fresh water fish called Australian bass fish that is why they have their own fishing tournaments. You cannot find Largemouth bass fish in Australia. Although Largemouth Bass got features similar to Australian Bass fish, they are still considered different fishes.

Anglers should know how to locate bass. This might be the biggest problem you can encounter especially if you are new to the sport. Definitely, learning how to locate a bass is necessary for everybody.

There are many factors to determine if you want to learn more on how to locate bass. These are the following.

* You must learn how to read a map. * You must also learn how to locate for active bass after the fall of the cold fronts and on early spring. * You must know how to understand different water depths. * You must take into consideration that fishing needs clear water. * You must be aware of the normal temperatures where bass fishes usually dwell. * You must learn about the seasonal patterns. * You must learn how to locate structure areas. * You also have to locate the vegetation areas.

You also need to look for some key elements so you can locate bass. The following are the key elements you need to find: * You need to look for the vegetation areas * Take a look at some irregular contours * Be aware of the shallow water that are close to deep water areas * Locate the point and point of drops * Be aware of the different and various type of structures

These are the things you need to learn about bass fishing. If you’ve picked some pointers about Bass Fishing that you can put into action, then by all means, do so. You won’t really be able to gain any benefits from your new knowledge if you don’t use it.

Puneet Singhal is a seasoned bass fisherman who is always on the lookout for the new tricks and techniques to catch more fishes each time he go for fishing.

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Getting Started

Fishing gear can cost anywhere between $10 and $10,000. A novice can keep expenses down by buying combination outfits that include a rod and reel, line and lures. These are available at sporting good stores, tackle shops and online. A good resource for finding these items can be found at http://www.thefishingbobber.com.

The number choices available in fishing gear can be bewildering and intimidating. In just starting out, keep it simple. A spinning reel is versatile, easy to use and fun to cast. A baitcaster is mechanically different, but serves similar functions. With both types of reels, you can fish with artificial baits called spinners, spoons, and plugs, as well as with natural baits such as worms. Fly rods and reels used with artificial “flies” that mimic insects on which fish prey, present anglers with more of a challenge because of the greater difficulty of casting the line.

Remember, the measure of how successful a person is in fishing is whether they have a good time. The idea is to relax, and not necessarily to catch a whole bunch of fish. Actually catching fish, in fact, is a bonus and not an end in and of itself, at least not for the casual fisherman. According to the American Sportfishing Association, the most common reason people fish is to relax.

Imagine yourself out on the dock of a lake far from civilization with nobody around except you and the fish. It’s early in the morning and the mist is still rising over the water and you can still see your breath in the air. There is no responsibility, no noise of traffic, no smell of pollution, and no boss to answer to for the time that you are escaping to your new hobby, fishing. Now is that a relaxing vision, or what? That, my friend, is the Zen of Fishing.

Allen Bohart is a fishing fan and enthusiastic writer for about any subject that interests him. He is also co-owner of The Fishing Bobber, a site for and about fishing enthusiasts of all levels.