Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try to tie on a fly.
Good things come to those who wait.
A cigar has "...a fire at one end and a fool at the other."
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
Good things come to those who hustle
All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.
The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
I don't know what's on the other side.
No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.
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.
The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.
There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.
What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch.
Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon when you ain't got no smoked salmon.
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