Anglers Quote by Ernest Hemingway

What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings…

— Jessica Maxwell

. . . had I a river I would gladly let all honest anglers that use the fly cast line in it, but, but…

— Andrew Lang

.. the long hour and a half walk-in to the secret pool , only to find four anglers filling it. Secret pools? The only…

— Tony Bishop

A standard saying among fly fishermen is that trout spend anywhere from 80 to 90 percent of their time feeding below the water's surface…

— Ed Engle

Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.

— Joe Brooks

The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing.

— Jimmy Moore

The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art.

— Robert Burns

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

— Izaak Walton

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this.

— Harold Russell

All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day…

— William Cowper Prime

The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of thought were not scared from the stream, nor…

— Henry David Thoreau