The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving 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
One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen. . . . — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing. — Jimmy Moore 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
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull… — John Wolcot Copy Share Image
People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other… — Ed Zern 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
Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the… — Howell Raines 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
...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much… — John D. Voelker 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
When the word began to get out, the idea of tying imitations of aquatic worms was not met with universal approval in… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
But when I saw the cursive grace of Guido Rahr's fly line writing prayers I couldn't read to the river gods of… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers… — 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
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
A fan is always an outsider. Most sportswriters are not, by this definition, fans. They capitalize on access to athletes. They spoke… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
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
Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point. — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
