Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret. — Roderick Haig-Brown Copy Share Image
Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls... — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust… — John D. Voelker 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
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is… — Robert Altman 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
I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours… — William G. Tapply Copy Share Image
People who are in politics to be right all the time would be better off taking up fly-fishing. It's less dangerous. Politics… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Fly-fishing is the sport of the thinkers and the dreamers, Gunner said. It is the contemplative man's recreation. If that was so,… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
I fished a little while ago with a man, not in his first youth, who had wasted the flower of his life… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is… — Roderick Haig-Brown Copy Share Image
The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
Trout fisherman often give away their presence to the fish by the equipment they are wearing. The yo-yo hanging on the fly… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
“It was afternoon as we made our way down to the river, accompanied by a running commentary by Early about whether or… — Clare Vanderpool 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
As we've seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we've also seen the rise of female participation.… — Christopher Doyle 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
I always say artists must broaden their research. I go to casinos, fly fishing, to show apartments in new residential buildings, watch… — Ryan Gander 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
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
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
