Attraction Quote by Paul Schullery

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

The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning.

— Theodore Gordon

About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its box.

— Arnold Gingrich

...But some of the ideas are ridiculous. Such as matching the hatch. Of course there are times when you have a fly as alike…

— Charles Ritz

The matter of flies, lines and other equipment of the right sort is not absolutely necessary in the rising of fish but they are…

— Ray Bergman

I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable…

— Joseph Monninger

“In a Fisherian world, animals are slaves to evolutionary fashion, evolving extravagant and arbitrary displays and tastes that are all "meaningless"; they do not…

— Richard O. Prum

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

A fly rod extends a fly fisher's being as surely as do imagination, empathy or prayer.

— David James

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

— Norman Maclean

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

“... an expert fisherman knows exactly what flies to offer to what fish.”

— Agatha Christie