It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art…

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

— Izaak Walton

Good things come to those who hustle

— Chuck Noll

Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.

— Roderick Haig-Brown

Good things come to those who initiate.

— Susan RoAne

If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you…

— Jack Ohman

“Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world.”

— Fennel Hudson

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture…

— John Gierach

All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating…

— John Steinbeck

“There’s always an opportunity to fish for something – even if it’s just for laughs or ideas.”

— Fennel Hudson

“Angling is a recreation. It’s supposed to be fun.”

— Fennel Hudson

I simply feel that the frontier of angling is no longer either ethical or geographical. The Bible tells us to watch and listen. Something…

— Thomas McGuane

“Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.”

— Fennel Hudson

In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that…

— Ray Bergman

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

— Rafael Sabatini

There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain…

— Roderick Haig-Brown