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
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
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving 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
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 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
This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men. — Izaak Walton 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
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
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
