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Famous Fennel Hudson Quotes
“The wild carp is an icon that forges a living connection between the past and the present.”
“As an angler and a gardener, I cherish each drop of rain that falls.”
“Life’s a simple thing; it’s we who insist on making it complicated.”
“A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.”
“Having a ‘taste for life’ is about knowing its various flavours and awaiting the next meal.”
“I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.”
“I go fishing for reasons other than catching fish.”
“It was one of those places where mist lingers well into the day and the dawn chorus starts early.”
“To go fishing is one of the most pleasurable experiences I can imagine.”
“Angling is just a way of relaxing and escaping in the countryside.”
“Traditional angling is the antithesis of the modern specimen angling scene.”
“I am a traditionalist; proud to be eccentric; delighted to be different.”
“There are many Universal Facts of Life: things that are so tried and tested as to be irrefutable.”
“Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people.”
“Stocked trout are as wild as a Chihuahua sitting in a pink velvet handbag.”
“I keep on dreaming, but to find freedom, one must first search inwards.”
“Fishing unlocks the primeval hunting gene.”
“Fly-fishing is an act of hope that leads to a net full of fish and a head full of dreams.”
“Fly-fishing is the simplest, purest, most skilful and pleasurable way to catch a fish.”
“Fly-fishing in England has a sense of homeliness to it.”
“Shorten your line, focus your casts, and slow things down. Enjoy the magic of local fishing.”