If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
All men are equal before fish.
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.
The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
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.
Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.
Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing.
A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.
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.
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