Blue-line fly-fishing my first time came about when I suddenly realized there was a word and a concept for how I spent my childhood. No one in my family fished or hung-out in the outdoors. But on my own, I played in small streams the way other kids catch baseball, play games in the street or build with Legos. I was drawn to the outdoors by some inexplicable force......
You are receiving this inaugural newsletter because we met, talked or you signed up, got in touch or downloaded my white-paper. Thank you for being a part of Fly Fisher Fitness! Going forward, you'll receive this newsletter every month as a blast of information, with science, tips, ideas and motivation...... Anything related to keeping your strength, stamina and vitality primed for fly-fishing and life in the outdoors.
An aging lifestyle is the shift in living like you did in your 20s, 30s and 40s to setting new priorities. You realize that things are changing and you begin making plans to adapt and thrive in your later decades. You become focused on longevity. Not just living longer but living with vigor. The first step is recognizing what is going on in your body. Becoming intimately aware of what aging feels like, the warning signs Nature sends you. Building muscle is not for looks, vanity or the beach.........
Buyer beware....Prevagen, the jellyfish protein pill that promises sharper memory. The FTC and New York’s attorney general called it out for making bogus claims. Quincy Bioscience, the company behind it, settled a lawsuit in 2020. Did they quit aggressively marketing it? Nope. They slapped on a confusing disclaimer about “subgroups of individuals” and kept rolling. Consumers lost. The company won.
Legendary on film and just as legendary for conservation and preservation, Redford believed deeply that open space and Nature are inseparable from quality of life. He once said he would not have made it in Hollywood without easy access to Wilderness. Considering the brief time we have, what matters more—the news channel you watch, or Nature, quality of life, your health, functionality, and how you are maneuvering the aging process?
All the cushiness and comfort—we are so far ahead of survival mode—all at our fingertips. And if you feel stuck, just click on the encyclopedic, overwhelming amount of helpful, life-guiding information. Despite our progress, we find ourselves in crisis—overweight, unhealthy, dissatisfied and frayed. You are in control..........
Cold weather fishing on a Google search gives you advice on gear and adapting your techniques. “Cold weather fishing requires adapting your techniques, targeting warmer water areas, using slower presentations, and considering live bait instead of lures, as fish metabolism slows down in colder temperatures.” What about your metabolism? Before you even consider presentations, keeping ice out of your guides, the right flies or (heaven forbid) switching to live bait, think more foundationally. Assess your physical condition.
Not following the crowd may mean more effort......“Any human being who does not wish to be part of the masses need only stop making things easy for himself.” Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900). Every workout doesn't have to be to the max. Whatever you do will move the needle in the growth direction. That's the power you hold.......
As we age, ideally, we wise up. With increased clarity, we begin to see our options. That is a good thing. Just as on a stream, fewer options can force us to get creative. What I offer in The Ageless Angler is inspiration and a supportive framework for your creativity. The word inspire comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning “to breathe into.” It originally referred to the idea of external forces filling a person with energy and creativity.
The human body has a remarkable ability to heal itself. You slice open your knee, an Urgent Care angel stitches it up. The healing part is invisible. Unknowable forces of Nature course through your body, steering your endowed biology toward healing. But as we age, our biology dulls. Healing slows. The processes that keep us strong, vigorous, spry, resilient and vital diminish. Immune functions, biological healing, rebuilding and recycling (of senescent cells) becomes less robust with age. But you have agency over how you age.........
