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... 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
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. — John Gierach 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
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
“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
.. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart. — Edwin Way Teale 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
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving 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
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
