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> [What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings and you can't hear your fellow anglers' hysterical laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/what-i-had-mastered-was-fly-fishing-rule-1-remove-all-hooks-from-soft/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

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> [These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps: the fish's delivery of them, the fisherman's read of and response to them, which, if she's good, must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/these-are-the-technicalities-the-jetes-and-pirouettes-but-the-music/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

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## More by Jessica Maxwell

> [What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/what-i-had-mastered-was-fly-fishing-rule-1-remove-all-hooks-from-soft/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

> [And connected I had been. When the fish changed directions, I felt it. when it slowed or sped up, I felt that too. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/and-connected-i-had-been-when-the-fish-changed-directions-i-felt-it/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

> [Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a lot easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/despite-all-the-variables-and-advise-like-love-and-marriage-it-seemed/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

> [But when I saw the cursive grace of Guido Rahr's fly line writing prayers I couldn't read to the river gods of Outer Mongolia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/but-when-i-saw-the-cursive-grace-of-guido-rahr-s-fly-line-writing/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

> [These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps: the fish's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-maxwell/these-are-the-technicalities-the-jetes-and-pirouettes-but-the-music/)

[Jessica Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-maxwell/)

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