Fishing keeps you fit
By going fishing your main muscle groups, heart and lungs are all getting a good work out. Choosing a fishing spot that is a long trek from the car is an obvious boost to aerobic exercise (lower body), but setting up, casting off and winding in all lead to physical exertion (upper body). Your fingers, forearms and wrists will also be exercised and general skill will be improved.Fishing improves your concentration
Being outside improves your ability to concentrate, according to research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Walking in nature or simply spending time under leafy trees leads to changes in the brain which improve levels of concentration
- Fishing reduces stress
40% of adults lie awake at night through stress but just being near water has been proven to lower anxiety. More and more charities are realising this and starting to utilise the therapeutic benefits of fishing to treat post-traumatic-stress-disorder and other illnesses.