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This may or may not have taken place on one of my favorite kokanee lakes…
but the advice is good whether it really happened or was just in my head…
KOKANEE: Ok, I'll admit it.
So here goes.
I'm moody. But that does
not mean I'm impossible.
But being moody is as
much fun for me as it is for
the fisherman.
Humans live in their world,
and I live in mine. Most
everything is different
in my world from the
human world. If a kokanee
fisherman wants to
become a whole lot better,
he had better stop thinking
about the material world
and start thinking about
what life is like in my water
world.
DUDE: You know, that might
not be the case for all
kokanee fishermen. Some
can spend all day chasing
you with no results. That is
not fun.
KOKANEE: I suppose it is all
in your perspective.
DUDE: So tell me why some
days you cannot resist one
particular color, and then
the very next day you shun
it.
KOKANEE: Well, it is a little
more complicated. I hope
you get it. If your readers
had really carefully read
and understood Kokanee
University, Part 1, then the
answer would be easy. But
alas, you can lead some
fish to water, but you can't
make them swim.
I wonder how humans
would like it if their
favorite views were seen in
contrasts of shades of gray,
and light and dark. It might
change their perspective
a bit. Or suppose humans
could only see color a
distance of about 21 inches,
and then only right in
front of their nose. Or, how
would humans react if they
could not focus their eyes?
Limited color vision and no
ability to focus. For humans,
limited color vision and no
ability to focus would likely
change a few things in your
material world.
DUDE: You sound, maybe a
little bitter. Only a guess, of
course.
KOKANEE: I can do things
in my world that humans
only dream they could do.
That kinda makes up for
any human deficiency in
my water world. Balance is
achieved. It helps comfort
me that my brain is the size
of a pea, while the human
brain…
DUDE: Please don't go there.
KOKANEE: As I was saying,
my color vision is quite
limited. And although I
can see in shades of gray
and black, the clarity of the
water becomes a major
issue for me. If the water
clarity is limited, then that
governs how far I can see
contrast. Sometimes, the
lack of water clarity makes
it almost impossible for me
to even see color within