Boat Quote by John D. Voelker

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

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

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

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

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

— John D. Voelker

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

— John D. Voelker

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

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

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

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

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

There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the…

— John D. Voelker