Many of them somehow put a kind of aura around the art and sport of fishing, depicting it as a higher form of communion with nature. It is a communion with nature, but often the way it is discussed makes fishing look more complicated and mysterious than it is. Fishing can be enjoyed a lot more simply. Another perhaps more predominant image of fishing is the boredom. An idle angler reading a book while putting a rod out, though rewarding in its own way, is just one of many varieties.
Fishing can be as dynamic and strenous as any angler wishes to take up the challenge.
Also, I found a great exhilaration in the invention, wonder, and uncertainty. Surely, if catching fish was the goal of fishing, there must be easier ways. Invention is fun, but some measure of common sense is important. People can find other faults with fishing. I hope to provide a cool-headed discussion later.