Caddis LLC

The skills required for fly fishing mirror the skills needed to run your business.

Fly fishing is often suggested for veterans returning from combat to help them manage post-traumatic stress disorder and has certainly become a favorite of the c-suite due to its’ ability to help disconnect from the daily stresses at work, and even at home.

This is accomplished by filling the brain, and your senses with an incredible amount of data to execute strategic and tactical planning when attempting to fool these incredibly sensitive creatures (trout). Their scope of vision is far wider than ours, their reactions to sudden movements are often abrupt, their natural fear of more terrifying predators (eagles, hawks, bears, etc.), and their sensitivity to water temperature and lighting are only a few of the challenges facing a fisherman who is trying to replicate the natural state (at that moment) when casting a fly.

Why is this important in business? Awareness of your surroundings, the ability to adapt to changing conditions, the acknowledgement that what worked yesterday probably won’t work today and a commitment to patiently awaiting a positive outcome are all critical traits of great business leaders.