Pavlov's Trout: The Incompleat Psychology of Everyday Fishing by Quinnett, Patrick F. McManus (Introduction)
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 1998
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 180pp
- ISBN-13: 9780836268409
- ISBN: 0836268407
Synopsis
Fifty million Americans go fishing every year. But why? Pavlov's Trout answers that question and many more as it examines the mysteries of the sport of fishing through the microscope of modern psychology. Eminent psychologist and veteran fisherman Paul Quinnett, PhD, explores the man, often mysterious, motivations that attract millions to the sport of fishing.
In this lighthearted and insightful book, Quinnett postulates that people fish to satisfy primitive instincts, connect to the wilderness, relieve stress and to experience the optimism, freedom and excitment of pursuit. Pavlov's Trout is truly a fishing book like no other - a venturing into the world of the psyche of the angler, a world where it is better to fish hopefully than to catch fish.
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April 09, 2001: I have a relative, for whom fishing is not only a hobby, but also a metaphor for the way he attacks life. When he taught me to fish last year, I was hooked from the start. This book explains to me, in light-hearted but enthusiastic terms, why I became a fisherman. I go to university in a huge metropolis, and don't get to do much fishing during the school year. I picked up this book and found it to be charming and funny, and overall lifted my spirits just reading it. Can't wait to get back out on the lake, after this read.
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