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Fishing Quotes by John Gierach
- Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
- The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes…
- I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without…
- I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think…
- Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.
- The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.
- Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on…
- If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.
- They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your…
- Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.
- If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on…
- Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish…
More Fishing Quotes
- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive. — Joseph Barbera
- Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. — Dave Barry
- The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins. — Dave Barry
- Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below,… — Saint Basil
- This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and… — Aneurin Bevan
- One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but… — Wade Boggs
- Probably fishing is my first passion. — Luke Bryan
- My dad is very successful in his business. He's always been big in having hobbies and having little ways to get away.… — Luke Bryan
- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for… — John Buchan
- There's no taking trout with dry breeches. — Miguel de Cervantes
- Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Give him a fishing lesson and he'll sit in a boat… — Alex Blackwell