The time must come to all of us, who live long, when…

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Lust is as it were desire and desire, will which extends beyond the natural will, passionate, not governed by the law and moderation. There…

— Patriarch Philaret of Moscow

What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings…

— Jessica Maxwell

And if ye angler take fysshe; surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte.

— Juliana Berners

We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of thought were not scared from the stream, nor…

— Henry David Thoreau

All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day…

— William Cowper Prime

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

— Ernest Hemingway

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this.

— Harold Russell

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

— Izaak Walton

The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art.

— Robert Burns

Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook…

— Anne Bradstreet

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

Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.

— Joe Brooks

For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time.

— Christopher Hitchens

A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time feeding below the water's surface…

— Ed Engle