Air Quote by Rex Hunt

...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

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

— George Herbert

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

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

All fish are not caught with flies

— John Lyly

Hatchery trout are like New Yorkers who live crowded together. Eventually the hatchery trout shove the wild trout out. They aren't used to congregating…

— Jack Hemingway

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 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

If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you'll see that they're rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves; they're actually…

— Michael Dickinson

The first time you catch a fish, it's amazing. You make contact with this whole other world that exists, hidden, under the water.

— Jeremy Wade

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

If you keep catching the wrong fish check the bait.

— SONYA PARKER