The 10,000 Hour Rule

In Malcom Gladwell's book Outliers, he expounds on an observation that it takes 10,000 hours of performing a specific task to become good at it.

According to the theory, someone wanting to succeed as a college quarterback needs to play football for 10,000 hours to become good enough for a college scholarship. Hours throwing the football in the back yard with dad, brother and neighbor kids. Hours of high school practices, summer camps and informal one-on-one skills training.

A golfer needs to play golf for 10,000  hours to become good enough to start thinking about entering the professional level. Hours playing rounds at the local course. Hours of one-on-one instruction and lessons. Hours of practice at the driving range.

And therefore, to become an expert carp fisherman takes 10,000 hours of dedicated study and practice.

At this point, I'd estimate I fished about 20 times last year for an average of 6 hours each. I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of carp fishing at this point, but I'm going to enjoy the road to 10,000!