--- title: "4 Fly Fishermen Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Fly Fishermen quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Fly Fishermen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/ed-engle-85376_anglers_a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is_932447.jpg" --- > [A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time feeding below the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-engle/a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is-that-trout-spend-anywhere/) [Ed Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/ed-engle-85376_anglers_a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is_932447.jpg) > [Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-zern/fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-get-over-it/) [Ed Zern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-zern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/ed-zern-31077_born_fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-g_1020483.jpg) > [“Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-montana-where-the-summer-days-are/) [Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/norman-maclean-10625_montana_like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-monta_2323821.jpg) > [In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-between-religion-and-fly/) [Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/norman-maclean-10625_assuming_in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-be_2507892.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fly-fishermen/#itemlist", "name": "Fly Fishermen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time feeding below the water's surface on the immature forms of aquatic insects. Some anglers are even more precise, but whatever the exact percentage , it's safe to say that to fully appreciate any tailwater fishery you will have to learn the fine art of nymphing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-engle/a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is-that-trout-spend-anywhere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/ed-engle-85376_anglers_a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is_932447.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/ed-engle-85376_anglers_a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is_932447.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/ed-engle-85376_anglers_a-standard-saying-among-fly-fishermen-is_932447.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time…” — Ed Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Zern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-zern/fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-get-over-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/ed-zern-31077_born_fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-g_1020483.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/ed-zern-31077_born_fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-g_1020483.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/ed-zern-31077_born_fly-fishermen-are-born-honest-but-they-g_1020483.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.” — Ed Zern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norman Maclean" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-montana-where-the-summer-days-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/norman-maclean-10625_montana_like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-monta_2323821.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/norman-maclean-10625_montana_like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-monta_2323821.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/norman-maclean-10625_montana_like-many-fly-fishermen-in-western-monta_2323821.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not…” — Norman Maclean", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. 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He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norman Maclean" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-between-religion-and-fly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/norman-maclean-10625_assuming_in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-be_2507892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/norman-maclean-10625_assuming_in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-be_2507892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/norman-maclean-10625_assuming_in-our-family-there-was-no-clear-line-be_2507892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. 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