Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
“Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
I simply feel that the frontier of angling is no longer either ethical or geographical. The Bible tells us to watch and… — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
“There’s always an opportunity to fish for something – even if it’s just for laughs or ideas.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
“At all times and in all places, in season and out of season, time is now and England, place is now and… — G.M.W. Wemyss Copy Share Image
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
“Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated… — Jack Ohman Copy Share Image
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. — Roderick Haig-Brown Copy Share Image
There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is… — Roderick Haig-Brown Copy Share Image
After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of angling, and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There are a million-and-one ways to enjoy a day’s angling. Catching fish is but one of them.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
Egotism is more like an offense, than a crime; though it is allowable to speak of yourself, provided nothing is advanced in… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“The act of fishing – for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available – is enough.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
