Alcholism......

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

This passion of ours can easily get in the way of things like home, family and work. Once the obsession controls your life and the aformentioned parts of your life have been lost to your need to fish more and more regardless of the consequence

Funny you mention that....one thing I've noticed is that most of the really good fisherman when you are talking to them always have at least one sentence that starts with the words "My Ex-wife..."

[Joe]

If a person really latches on to fishing as a source of personal fulfillment, they are often (at least in my experience) very dissatisfied and alienated people with respect to other areas of their lives. Fishing does it for them in a way that their professional lives, their personal relationships, faith in God, whatever the things that "normal" people find rewarding, does not.