After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

The reality of using pointed, barbed fishhooks is that sometimes they catch more than just fish. Inevitably, if you spend enough time fishing, you or someone you're fishing with will get hooked.

Not long ago I was caught up in a temporary funk of self-doubt. I was at a several day event surrounded by incredibly talented people and I found myself slipping back into an old narrative involving ...