Big fish Quote by John Gierach

Fish sense, applied in the field, is what the old Zen masters would call enlightenment: simply the ability to see what's right there in…

— John Gierach

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…

— John Gierach

Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.

— John Gierach

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

— John Gierach

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…

— John Gierach

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.

— John Gierach

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think

— John Gierach

We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who don't know…

— John Gierach

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…

— John Gierach

I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them.

— John Gierach

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on…

— John Gierach

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…

— John Gierach