It is easy to tell tourists from tarpon. Tarpon have a narrow, bony plate inside the mouth of their lower jaw. Tourists have both upper and lower plates. — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may… — Ed Zern 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
I make it a rule never to weigh or measure a fish I've caught, but simply to estimate its dimensions as accurately as possible,… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
... it takes several years of serious fishing before a man learns enough to go through a whole season with an unblemished record of… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fisherman in half, each half will grow into a complete fisherman.… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
