Plenty of soul in what I do when I am armed with a fly rod, as others have said: it's about far, far more than just catching fish. Don't care too much how others do it, or why. Fly fishing to me is an extremely personal experience, and should be so enjoyed with one's own personal style and "soul".
I had an extremely soulful trip in Oregon last October and wrote a long winded post about it here. Long story short; ended up fishing some gorgeous rivers, revisiting many of my childhood haunts, caught a few steelhead, lost a monster after an epic struggle, etc.... Incredible trip. Topped it off with spending a half day with my young nephew teaching him to cast, search for bugs, read water, make a presentation, how to manage to not tie himself up in the fly line, and finally how to set the hook and even how land (and release) a couple of wild rainbow trout. To anyone who wonders about the soul of fly fishing, I highly recommend taking a youngster (or an "oldster") and showing them a bit about what makes this so special and so fulfilling.
JB
"Lord help me to be the person my dog thinks I am"
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