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
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
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
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
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
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year. — Theodore Gordon Copy Share Image
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover 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
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
He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted… — Theodore Gordon Copy Share Image
