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> [The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/the-finest-gift-you-can-give-to-any-fisherman-is-to-put-a-good-fish/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/lee-wulff-45032_big-fish_the-finest-gift-you-can-give-to-any-fish_594153.png)

> [Catching fish is not a mental game between fish and angler. A 'smart' trout is only smarter than other trout, not smarter than a fisherman. An angler must take the puzzle of the day's conditions, and matching those conditions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/catching-fish-is-not-a-mental-game-between-fish-and-angler-a-smart/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/lee-wulff-45032_anglers_catching-fish-is-not-a-mental-game-betwe_2485952.png)

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## More by Lee Wulff

> [The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/the-finest-gift-you-can-give-to-any-fisherman-is-to-put-a-good-fish/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [It is you and clean, flowing water. It is you, inquisitive, in a wild world that is older than man, seeking greater understanding and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/it-is-you-and-clean-flowing-water-it-is-you-inquisitive-in-a-wild/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [The fish you release maybe a gift to another, as it may have been a gift to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/the-fish-you-release-maybe-a-gift-to-another-as-it-may-have-been-a/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [Why does a salmon rise? Why does a small boy cross the street just to kick a tin can?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/why-does-a-salmon-rise-why-does-a-small-boy-cross-the-street-just-to/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [Somewhere in the wide range of activity between the hard physical effort of wading for long hours against a swift current in a rocky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/somewhere-in-the-wide-range-of-activity-between-the-hard-physical/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [...in rebellion against the typical British-type dry flies, I created the Wulff series.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/in-rebellion-against-the-typical-british-type-dry-flies-i-created-the/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [There will be no end to angling controversies for there is no one best way for everyone to fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/there-will-be-no-end-to-angling-controversies-for-there-is-no-one/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/game-fish-are-too-valuable-to-be-caught-only-once/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

> [Catching fish is not a mental game between fish and angler. A 'smart' trout is only smarter than other trout, not smarter than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-wulff/catching-fish-is-not-a-mental-game-between-fish-and-angler-a-smart/)

[Lee Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-wulff/)

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