"I used to like fishing because I thought……" — 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 think of that probably doesn't."
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18 Quotes by John Gierach
John Gierach has 18 quotes on this site.
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Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
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The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to…
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I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever…
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Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become…
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The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer…
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Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no…
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Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea…
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If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.
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They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you…
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Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.
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Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in…
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If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a…
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More Fishing Quotes
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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
— John James Audubon
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I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car…
— Joseph Barbera
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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
— Dave Barry
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The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or…
— Dave Barry
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
— Saint Basil
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This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of…
— Aneurin Bevan
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about…
— Wade Boggs
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Probably fishing is my first passion.
— Luke Bryan
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My dad is very successful in his business. He's always been big in having hobbies and having little ways to…
— Luke Bryan
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of…
— John Buchan
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Give him a fishing lesson and he'll sit in…
— Alex Blackwell
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