The motto of the Flyfishers' Club (London) swam into view in
today's Halifax Chronicle-Herald: Piscator
non solum piscatur. Loosely
translated in the newspaper: Fishing isn't just about fishing. More literally
translated: A fisherman does not only fish. Most assuredly fishing is all about
spending time in nature; I almost wrote "real world," a retronym made
possible by the arrival of virtual reality or the cyberworld that takes us in
daily. Nature in all its magnificence and beauty is a wonderful place to visit,
whether one is casting flies in a stream, brook, or river, or sitting on a bank
or a boat with a line in the water.
The Latin motto plays on two words, piscator and piscatur. As often one letter makes the difference; the noun piscator is a person who fishes. The verb piscatur is a form of the deponent verb piscor, piscari, piscatus sum I fish, to fish, I fished. Blogwriters have a Latin motto, nulla dies sine linea (no day without a line), but perhaps those who fish feel the same way. It's harder to drop a line in winter or wild weather, but reading about fishing gives fishers other lines to haul in. Here in Nova Scotia the haddock is in short supply, but tomorrow the smoked salmon will appear as a Christmas starter. Vivant piscatores (Long live fishermen)!
The Latin motto plays on two words, piscator and piscatur. As often one letter makes the difference; the noun piscator is a person who fishes. The verb piscatur is a form of the deponent verb piscor, piscari, piscatus sum I fish, to fish, I fished. Blogwriters have a Latin motto, nulla dies sine linea (no day without a line), but perhaps those who fish feel the same way. It's harder to drop a line in winter or wild weather, but reading about fishing gives fishers other lines to haul in. Here in Nova Scotia the haddock is in short supply, but tomorrow the smoked salmon will appear as a Christmas starter. Vivant piscatores (Long live fishermen)!
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