When two guys go fishing together, one of them usually catches more fish. Generally usually but not always that guy is the one that knows more about fishing. Luck can play a large part, but over time the better fisherman will be pretty obvious.
Fisherman A is a sometimes fisherman. He goes when the weather is good, when he has time, when someone talks him into it. Mostly he goes just to get out of the house and drink some cold beer while sitting in the sun and enjoying the day. He doesn't watch many, if any, fishing shows. He doesn't read articles about fishing. He doesn't think about fishing much, if at all, except when someone else brings it up. His equipment is one rod and reel and one tackle box with some rusty stuff in it. He doesn't own a boat and doesn't want one.
Fisherman B fishes every chance he gets. He goes in foul weather or good, he makes time, and he often fishes alone. He enjoys being at home when he is at home, because he is gone fishing so often. He may drink cold beer, but he will limit the amount. He watches a lot of youtube videos on fishing, he prowls the internet for fishing articles - always with the intent of learning something new. He has more rods and reels than he remembers having and he has several tackle boxes, each geared for a particular style of fishing. He most likely owns a boat, or he is hoping to some day.
On any given day Fisherman A can certainly outfish Fisherman B - but over time the difference is telling.
That is not to say that Fisherman A doesn't get as much pleasure from his fishing as Fisherman B does. Fisherman A doesn't get the least bit obsessive about fishing and for him results are just what they are and a nice fish is all bonus. He occasionally goes fishing because he enjoys it - but just now and then. He goes when he wants to go, when it works for him, and he's not going unless his conditions are lined up to suit him. Because of that he doesn't put pressure on himself to "perform", he's not competing with anyone, he's just there in the moment having a great time.
Fisherman B, on the other hand, is having just as much fun but in a very different kind of way. He is deeply interested in the biology of fish, of how they react in different conditions and circumstances, of the insect life in the water and how their life cycles impact the fish he is after - he can tell you the Latin names of several of them and describe their life like an entomologist - same for anything else the fish eat such as shad or crayfish. He digs deep into the minutiae because that gives him soul satisfying pleasure. He lives to learn new things about fishing. Results matter to him, but mainly as a marker of how well he is learning. A nice fish is partially a bonus (he understands the luck factor) and partially an earned reward for all his effort in figuring out how to catch fish.
We are all different. We each derive pleasure from fishing in our own way. So we are all the same, in the end.
