The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Fishing is a pleasure of retirement, yet the angler has the power to let the fish live or die. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover 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
And if ye angler take fysshe; surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte. — Juliana Berners Copy Share Image
For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this. — Harold Russell Copy Share Image
The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream… — Cyril Connolly 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
The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Anglers...exaggerate grossly and make gentle and inoffensive creatures sound like wounded buffalo and man-eating tigers. — Roderick Haig-Brown 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
Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One… — Joe Brooks Copy Share Image
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
.. the long hour and a half walk-in to the secret pool , only to find four anglers filling it. Secret pools?… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
. . . had I a river I would gladly let all honest anglers that use the fly cast line in it,… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time feeding below the… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
For at least the last 275 years the honesty of fishermen has been somewhat questionable. It should be noted that Izaak Walton… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One… — Tennessee Celeste Claflin Copy Share Image
Lust is as it were desire and desire, will which extends beyond the natural will, passionate, not governed by the law and… — Patriarch Philaret of Moscow Copy Share Image
False casting for practice is the best way to achieve the feel of the line in the air, but in actual fishing,… — Joe Brooks Copy Share Image
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Anglers may be divided into almost as many genera and species as the fish they catch, and engage in the sport from… — Thaddeus Norris Copy Share Image
“Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
A Rod: An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish. — Robbie Keane Copy Share Image
Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook,… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Copy Share Image
We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of thought were not scared from the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers. — Henry Beard Copy Share Image
This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
