The Connection My family loves to fish. We all hop in the van with our dog, fishing poles, and lots of junk food, hook the boat on the hitch, and off we go for a relaxing day at Green Peter Reservoir. Undoubtedly, we will run into tangled lines, good food, an overboard dog, and an occasional fish. I tend to agree. Believe it or not, fishing is a very Daoist activity.
Fishing requires one to be out in nature.
It is a little difficult to catch a trout from inside an office building or classroom. To catch a fish, one has to go to a lake or river and actually exist in a natural environment. One hour appears to be three. Perhaps it has something to do with the cold hard rock that I always seem to get stuck fishing off. Or, maybe it is the long wait after the simple task of putting the worm on the hook.