John Gierach Quotes - Page 2

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• Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement.

  John Gierach

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• I like to do every operation the same way on each fly. In the course of tying a batch of flies, I might get an idea on how to do something differently, but try to save it to try out later rather than break my comfortable rhythm. I don't worry about forgetting it. In my experience good ideas stay with you, while bad ones go back to where they came from, and good riddance.

  John Gierach

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• Luckily, though, there are still a few guys around who will look you straight in the eye and say, eloquently and to the point, ‘It’s been too goddamned hot for too long and the river has gone off.’

  John Gierach

  Eye, Rivers, Long

  John Gierach (2010). “Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who don't know how to clean and fry a fish.

  John Gierach

  Thinking, Lakes, Sea

  John Gierach (2012). “No Shortage of Good Days”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration.

  John Gierach

  Successful, Persistence, Lakes

  John Gierach (2010). “Even Brook Trout Get The Blues”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.

  John Gierach

  Life, Ideas, Big Fish

  John Gierach (2001). “Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them.

  John Gierach

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• Okay, I'm in the tampon aisle, but I don't see it.

  John Gierach

  Tampons, Okay, Aisle

  John Gierach (2008). “Fool's Paradise”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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