“People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing.” PeopleSportsSeaRiversFishesBoatExpertsLakesFishingCracksPotConfusingFishermanFly FishingAnglingCrackpots Author:Ed Zern
“Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.” BornHonestFishingOver ItGet OverFishermanFly FishingFunny FishingFunny Fish Author:Ed Zern
“I make it a rule never to weigh or measure a fish I've caught, but simply to estimate its dimensions as accurately as possible, and then, when telling about it, to improve these figures by roughly a fifth, or twenty percent. I do this mainly because most people believe all fishermen exaggerate by at least twenty percent, and so I allow for the discounting my audience is almost certain to apply.” PeopleBelieveCertainAudienceSeaFiguresPercentRiversTwentiesCaughtFishesBoatDimensionsLakesFishingFifthFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with fishermen to get the taste of it out of my mouth.” NeedsStoriesChanceMorningSeaTasteMouthsRiversFishesNewspapersBoatLakesFishingEvery MorningFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off.” IfsMayEndsBitsSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingThickThumbsFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fisherman in half, each half will grow into a complete fisherman. For which we should all be eternally grateful.” IfsShouldBeliefGrowsCommonHalfCuttingSeaRiversGratefulFishesContraryBoatLakesFishingWormsFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen. . . .” EndsGamesSportsSeaRiversCompetitionFishesBoatLakesFishingFishermanFly Fishing Author:Ed Zern