Fishing Quotes - Page 23

• I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Wish, May, Months

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.8, eKitap Projesi

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• I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more.

  Robbie Robertson

  Guitar, Play, Needs

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• They say fish should swim thrice * * * first it should swim in the sea (do you mind me?) then it should swim in butter, and at last, sirrah, it should swim in good claret.

  Jonathan Swift

  Food, Lakes, Sea

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• It's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day.

  Neil Gaiman

  Home, Mind, The End Of The Day

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.168, Hachette UK

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• Out of the east on an Irish stallion came bounty hunter Dan His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Heart, Men, Thinking

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• I used to love going fishing. I think it was really about the clothes. Nothing says real man like a vest with 38 pockets and a mesh hat with hooks in it.

  Craig Ferguson

  Real, Men, Thinking

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• It is public land and we will do our best to provide recreational activities. We are looking at initially allowing kayak access, wade fishing, bicycle access and walking access on some of the interior roads.

  John Wallace

  Land, Wade, Recreational Activities

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• I love rainy and bad-weather days because this type of weather gives me a mental advantage, especially when I'm fishing in a tournament. When the weather is inclement, most fishermen start thinking of reasons why they can't catch bass. But, because I fish so often in bad weather, I'm thinking of all the reasons I can catch bass in bad weather conditions.

  Gary A. Klein

  Thinking, Weather, Giving

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• Every afternoon, I was in the pasture with cattle or fishing and shooting my BB gun. That kind of freedom allows imagination to develop.

  Lyle Lovett

  Gun, Past, Imagination

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• Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.

  John Gierach

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  John Gierach (1989). “Fly Fishing Small Streams”, p.31, Stackpole Books

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• Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

  Herbert Hoover

  Humility, Men, Democracy

  Herbert Hoover, Ruth Dennis (1995). “The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations”, Vantage Pr

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• I saw a fleet of fishing boats...I flew down almost touching the craft and yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland. They just stared. Maybe they didn't hear me. Maybe I didn't hear them. Or maybe they thought I was just a crazy fool.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Crazy, Touching, Asking

  N.Y. Times, 23 May 1927

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• There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

  Mark Twain

  Home, Lakes, Sea

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.2339, GENERAL PRESS

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• There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should not in every respect, rival a gentleman in the gentle art.

  William Cowper Prime

  Art, Sea, Rivers

  William Cowper Prime (1873). “I Go A-fishing”, p.297

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• Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Heart, Sea, Rivers

  Rudyard Kipling (2012). “Songs from Books”, p.35, tredition

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• There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer

  John D. Voelker

  Angel, Beer, Men

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• Then do you mean that I have got to go on catching these damned two-and-a-half pounders at this corner forever and ever? The keeper nodded. Hell! said Mr. Castwell. Yes , said his keeper.

  G. E. M. Skues

  Mean, Lakes, Sea

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• You won't find one fish in a million that has enough sense to come in when it rains.

  Robert Benchley

  Rain, Lakes, Sea

  Robert Benchley (1946). “One Minute, Please”

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• The books all say that barracuda rarely eat people, but very few barracuda can read.

  Dave Barry

  Book, Lakes, Sea

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up”, p.135, Ballantine Books

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• We suggest that in the next decades fisheries management will have to emphasize the rebuilding of fish populations embedded within functional food webs, within large 'no-take' marine protected areas.

  Daniel Pauly

  Marine, Lakes, Sea

  Daniel Pauly (2010). “5 Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems”, p.45, Island Press

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• They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts.

  Bill Geist

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

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• All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day on lake or river, while he takes his sport, he thinks. All the long evenings in camp, or cottage, or inn, he tells stories of his own life, hears stories of his friend's lives, and if alone calls up the magic of memory.

  William Cowper Prime

  Sports, Memories, Thinking

  William Cowper Prime (1873). “I Go A-fishing”, p.187

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• It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method. The uncultivated, unsophisticated trout in unfrequented waters prefers the bait; and the rural people, whose sole object in going a-fishing appears to be to catch fish, indulge them in their primitive taste for the worm. No sportsman however, will use anything but the fly, except when he happens to be alone.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Sea, Rivers, Lakes

  Charles Dudley Warner (1878). “In the Wilderness”, p.26, Syracuse University Press

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• I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception.

  G. E. M. Skues

  Art, Book, Rivers

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• Or whipping its rough surface for a trout.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2007). “Poems”, p.197, Cosimo, Inc.

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