“There are two distinct visits to tackle-shops, the visit to buy tackle and the visit which may be described as Platonic when, being for some reason unable to fish, we look for an excuse to go in, and waste the tackle dealer's time.” LooksMayTwoReasonSeaWasteRiversFishesExcuseBoatShopsLakesFishingDealerPlatonic Author:Arthur Ransome
“Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are.” ThinkingMenBookEmotionCompanySeaSummerRiversWinterFishesBoatPleasantLakesFishingCompanionTranquilityLitSummer And WinterRiverside Book:Fishing Source: Fishing
“For at least the last 275 years the honesty of fishermen has been somewhat questionable. It should be noted that Izaak Walton whose book published in 1653 spoke not of anglers and , but anglers OR very honest men .” MenShouldYearsHas BeensBookLastsSeaHonestHonestyRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingSpokesHonest ManFishermanQuestionableAnglers Author:Arthur Ransome
“Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.” KnowsInterestingTalkingSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingFisherman Author:Arthur Ransome
“...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too.” BookReadingNextPleasureSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingFavouritePersuadingPleasure Of Reading Book:Fishing Source: Fishing
“. . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.” FirstsWholeSeaRiversSeasonsFishesSatisfactionBoatEveningLakesFishing Author:Arthur Ransome
“I fished a little while ago with a man, not in his first youth, who had wasted the flower of his life on business and golf and gardening and motoring and marriage, and had in this way postponed his initiation (to fly fishing) far too long.” MenWayFirstsLittlesLongSeaYouthFlowerRiversGolfFishesBoatLakesFishingGardeningFly FishingInitiation Author:Arthur Ransome
“Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.” SeaRiversPerfectionFishesBoatLakesFishingDisgustingBilliards Author:Arthur Ransome
