It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing for wild trout on quiet waters must be one of the toughest and craziest ways to catch fish ever invented by… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts. — Charles W. Waterman 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
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
I grew up fly fishing when I was a kid. The feeling of it is fun. I went fly-fishing on Lake Delaware… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to… — Orlando Aloysius Battista Copy Share Image
But when they began handing out doctorates for comparative folk dancing and advanced fly-fishing, I became too stink in’ proud to use… — Robert A. Heinlein 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
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
Fly fishing is not about catching the fish. It is about enjoying the water, the breeze, the fish swimming all around. If… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Martha says the interesting thing about fly fishing is that it's two lives connected by a thin strand. Come on, Martha. Grow… — Jack Handey 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
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
The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish… — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
