Angling Quote by Patrick F. McManus Download Open image “There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.” — Patrick F. McManus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Angling Boat Fans Fish Fisherman Fishes Fishing Fishing Worm Fly fishing Funny fish Funny fishing Great fishing Greater Greater Fan Hunting and fishing Lakes Rivers Sea Worm Worms
But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may… — Bliss Perry Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
Fly fishing is not about catching the fish. It is about enjoying the water, the breeze, the fish swimming all around. If you catch… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen. . . . — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
Isn't it nice to know that you can put a worm on your hook and get a fish all charged up? — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
“Pap said, "Lend me those bolt cutters, Bo" "They're in the back of the Explorer." The old man got out the bolt cutter, walked… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
I just read a book on how to get control of my time and therefore of my life. My time has always had a… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
“What's the hurry?" he said "This door is locked," Tully told him. "So?" "Can you pick a lock?" "I'll give it a try." "Be… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
“The machete was needed anytime you had to slash out your own trail. This necessity arose more often than a person who is not… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
He wondered what kind of blueprint beavers had for creating such a structure-or did they simply start aimlessly weaving stuff together until they had… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
“It's been a long, hard day, and bit by bit you have been transformed into a single, vertical, barely ambulatory ache. All that awaits… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully but that… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
“Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
I simply feel that the frontier of angling is no longer either ethical or geographical. The Bible tells us to watch and listen. Something… — Thomas McGuane Copy Share Image
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
“There’s always an opportunity to fish for something – even if it’s just for laughs or ideas.” — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
“At all times and in all places, in season and out of season, time is now and England, place is now and England; past… — G.M.W. Wemyss Copy Share Image
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
