...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a woman's arm protruding from a car window: all one can readily be sure of is… — John D. Voelker 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 man, as… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
I'm a fisherman who likes to observe and tell yarns, and so I told stories about things that I knew about. — John D. Voelker 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
I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
During my addled career as a trout fisherman I have gone on a lot of wild-goose chases, and I ruefully expect to go on… — John D. Voelker 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 with your… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
