Fishing Quotes - Page 7

• A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

  George Crabbe

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  George Crabbe (1855). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.57

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• Fishing, if I a fisher may protest, Of pleasures is the sweetest of sports the best, Of exercises the most excellent, Of recreations the most innocent. But now the sport is marred, and why you ask? Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply.

  Thomas Bastard

  Sports, Exercise, Lakes

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• The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait.

  William Shakespeare

  Cutting, Lakes, Sea

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.127

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• I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Water, Fishes, Company

  Thomas Shadwell (1927). “The complete works of Thomas Shadwell”

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• To fish in troubled waters.

  Matthew Henry

  Water, Fishes, Troubled Waters

  Matthew Henry (1828). “Communicant's Companion”, p.143

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• Most fishermen use the double haul to throw their casting mistakes further.

  Lefty Kreh

  Mistake, Lakes, Sea

  Lefty Kreh (1991). “Longer Fly Casting”, Lyons Press

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• Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living.

  Julius Boros

  Golf, Play, Retiring

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• Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

  Richard Wagner

  Fish Tanks, Fishes

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• ...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a woman's arm protruding from a car window: all one can readily be sure of is that the window is open.

  John D. Voelker

  Rivers, Lakes, Average

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• Fish recognize a bad leader.

  Conan O'Brien

  Leader, Fishes

  "Conan O'Brien Endorses Finnish President". January 15, 2006.

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• Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

  Arnold Gingrich

  Fun, Standing, Funny Fishing

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• The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Hours, Fisherman

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• It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

  Stephen Leacock

  Lakes, Sea, Names

  Stephen Leacock (2010). “My Remarkable Uncle”, p.93, New Canadian Library

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• Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Lakes, Sea

  Herbert Hoover (1946). “Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945”

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• If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church.

  Tom Brokaw

  Church, Ifs, Fly Fishing

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• If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.

  Hal Borland

  Sports, Country, Boys

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• You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Lakes

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• Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

  Dave Barry

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.104, Ballantine Books

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• Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Time, Eternity Of Life, Slides

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.64, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  Arnold Gingrich (1973). “The Joys of Trout”

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• The indications which tell your dry fly angler when to strike are clear and unmistakable, but those which bid a wet fly man raise his rod-point and draw in the steel are frequently so subtle, so evanescent and impalpable to the senses, that, when the bending rod assures him that he has divined aright, he feels an ecstacy as though he had performed a miracle each time.

  G. E. M. Skues

  Men, Lakes, Sea

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• It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives are regulated. When you come to a stop sign, you stop; if you want to go fishing, you get a license; if you want to shoot ducks, you can shoot only three ducks. The alternative is dead bodies at the intersections, no fish and no ducks. OK?

  Molly Ivins

  Running, Government, Ducks

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• Oh yeah - you have to write every day. Or every weekday. Because writing is a job. It's not eureka moments over and over. It's grueling work, panning for gold. You just keep at it and eventually you get a few grains. Or flakes. Or whatever gold looks like in rivers. Or maybe it's like fishing. Who cares? You just have to do it every day because you never know which day is going to be your productive day.

  Tim Schafer

  Jobs, Writing, Rivers

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• I only make movies to finance my fishing.

  Lee Marvin

  Finance, Hunting And Fishing, Angling

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• Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.

  Edward Abbey

  Lakes, Hands, Sea

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.38, RosettaBooks

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