This is a new hobby I started last summer. It's fun and not real time consuming; plus it's a good way to impress your friends. The other great thing is that it's one of those few hobbies that has the added benefit of being a good way to mask a drinking problem.
Fishing works much the same way. Think about it. If you just sit around all day and drink beer, people would say you have a drinking problem. But if you sit around all day and drink beer with a line in the water, you're a sportsman. So when I sit around drinking myself into a stupor, I'm not just getting drunk, I'm refining my craft.
The only thing I worry about is that I'm going to turn into an incredible beer snob. I can just see myself a year from now swishing beer across my palate and saying things like "an amusing little brew, but could do with a lilt stronger tannin quality."
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