Anglers Quote by Izaak Walton

And if ye angler take fysshe; surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte.

— Juliana Berners

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 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

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

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

— Izaak Walton

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

— 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

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Robert Burns

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

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

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