A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek…

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

— Izaak Walton

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.

— Washington Irving

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.

— John Gierach

Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.

— Thomas McGuane

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

— John Gierach

Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

— Herbert Hoover

The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning.

— Theodore Gordon

They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where…

— John Gierach

If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

— Zane Grey

The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you…

— Lee Wulff

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

— Arnold Gingrich

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

— Arnold Gingrich

It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year.

— Theodore Gordon

I frankly don't make much of a living, but I make a hell of a life.

— Jack Gartside

Never leave fish to find fish.

— Moses