quotes i thought you might like:
“Most fishermen swiftly learn that it’s a pretty good rule never to show a favourite spot to any fisherman you wouldn’t trust with your wife!†– John Voelker"
They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."
John Gierach
The angler forgets most of the fish he catches, but he does not forget the streams and lakes in which they are caught." - Charles K. Fox
I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret." - Roderick Haig-Brown
The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you?" Lee Wulff
Whether I caught fish or not, just the thrill of rolling out that line and watching my fly turn over has been good enough for me. That and the hundreds of treasured memories I have of this wonderful sport." Curt Gowdy
Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it..." Harry Middleton
I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself " Joseph Monniger
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." Heraclitus
All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish." Harold F. Blaisdell
Game fish are too valuable to only be caught once." Lee Wulff
Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish." Sparse Grey Hackle
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" Patrick McManus
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it." Koos BrandtYou do not cease to fish because you get old, You get old because you cease to fish!" unkown
The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line." William Humphrey
I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water." William Tapply
In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So I say it is good to lose fish. If we didn't, much of the thrill of angling would be gone." Ray Bergman
A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it." --Arnold Gingrich
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." Steven Wright
Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon when you ain't got no smoked salmon." Patrick F. McManus
