Angling Quote by William Shakespeare

“get it, but I hoped he would be all afternoon on the job. “Hurry, Cap!” was all I said. Ordinarily Dan is the swiftest…

— Zane Grey

“Angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at…

— Samuel Johnson

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.

— Ovid

I caught a tremendous fish and held him beside the boat half out of water, with my hook fast in a corner of his…

— Elizabeth Bishop

A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

— George Crabbe

“Let your hook be always cast in the pond. when you least expect it, there will be fish.”

— Ovid

Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged…

— John D. Voelker

Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones, That long had heard the pipes o' Pan And shared the…

— Edgar Guest

He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

— Ovid

“In this ever changing world, there are few things that have remained constant for me. The chance of hooking a nice trout still excites…

— M.A. Bookout

He fishes well who uses a golden hook.

— Latin Proverb

Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They…

— Lord Chesterfield