Joseph Monninger (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University.
As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.
I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a lot of time outdoors.
I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of the time, which means we persevere in a sport that features failure as its main ingredient. Truly great days, when the fish hammer the fly as soon as it lands on the water are rare.
I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt!
I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.
Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.
When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.
I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself
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