Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet. — Jeff Cesario Copy Share Image
The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world...What it hasn't got is not worth having. — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a… — Patrick F. McManus 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
In a bowl to sea went wise men three, On a brilliant night of June: They carried a net, and their hearts… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen. — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Ill paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and… — Behati Prinsloo Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him -… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The trout that seem to stick in my memory the finest aren't the big ones, and maybe it's because I have't visited… — William G. Tapply Copy Share Image
People go fishing and hunting and playing basketball and hiking and skydiving and all kinds of things that can hurt you seriously,… — Ken Shamrock Copy Share Image
My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
“The truth hurts sometimes. If we are going to be taught by God, the fisherman, we first need to be captured by… — Donald H. Calloway Copy Share Image
... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't… — George Sand Copy Share Image
And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones, That long had heard the pipes o' Pan And… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
“...I'm momentarily transfixed, torn between curiosity and fear. I can pull it up the gently sloping mud bank, but then what? Already… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the wide range of activity between the hard physical effort of wading for long hours against a swift current in… — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
I make it a rule never to weigh or measure a fish I've caught, but simply to estimate its dimensions as accurately… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of characters in the islands, people who're running -- who're happier on a fishing boat than they are… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I like night fishing, even though there is a molecule of terror in it. Maybe it is that tiny bit of terror… — Paul G. Quinnett Copy Share Image
I wonder how people would react if I walked into Sea World with a fishing pole. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image