Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

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

The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

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

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