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
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A friend of ours, who is an admirer of Isaac Walton, was struck, just as we were, with the likeness of the… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy. — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by… — Thaddeus Norris Copy Share Image
Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer,… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties;… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Young anglers love new rivers the way they love the rest of their lives. Time does not seem to be of the… — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
No life, my honest scholar, no life so happyand so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer… — William Walton Copy Share Image
These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps:… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
Allowing the fly to sink to the fish's level, the angler makes a retrieve. The fly comes directly at the fish, which… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
The indications which tell your dry fly angler when to strike are clear and unmistakable, but those which bid a wet fly… — G. E. M. Skues Copy Share Image
Though no participator in the joy of more vehement sport, I have a pleasure that I cannot reconcile to my abstract notions… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish and of forgetting that the fish has a hook in his mouth,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Catching fish is not a mental game between fish and angler. A 'smart' trout is only smarter than other trout, not smarter… — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
As much as anything, the anglers will clue you in to the midge hatch. You will see them hunched over in concentration… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
