Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point. — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen. . . . — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts. — Charles W. Waterman Copy Share Image
One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception. — G. E. M. Skues Copy Share Image
It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its… — Arnold Gingrich Copy Share Image
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated… — Jack Ohman Copy Share Image
In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Fly fishing is not about catching the fish. It is about enjoying the water, the breeze, the fish swimming all around. If… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull… — John Wolcot Copy Share Image
People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the… — Howell Raines Copy Share Image
They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
As we've seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we've also seen the rise of female participation.… — Christopher Doyle Copy Share Image
“It was afternoon as we made our way down to the river, accompanied by a running commentary by Early about whether or… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
A fan is always an outsider. Most sportswriters are not, by this definition, fans. They capitalize on access to athletes. They spoke… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Trout fisherman often give away their presence to the fish by the equipment they are wearing. The yo-yo hanging on the fly… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
Why does a salmon rise? Why does a small boy cross the street just to kick a tin can? — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing. — Jimmy Moore Copy Share Image
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
I grew up fly fishing when I was a kid. The feeling of it is fun. I went fly-fishing on Lake Delaware… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
“Fly-fishing is the sport of the thinkers and the dreamers,” Gunnar said. “It is the contemplative man’s recreation.” — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
