“I have learned that I am also a person who has to be able to go fishing whenever I can and for as long as I want to go. It is a silly thing, but there it is.” WantPersonsLongI CanAbleSeaRiversFishesSillyBoatLakesFishingI Have LearnedSilly Things Author:Howell Raines
“Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the most beautiful way of moving the body between between two points, not the most direct. Fly fishing is to fishing as ballet is to walking.” WayTryingTwoBodyBeautifulMovingSeaWalkingRiversDirectFishesBoatLakesFishingBalletEfficientFly Fishing Author:Howell Raines
“Fish in the water represent pure potential. If the water is not clear, we do not know if they exist at all. To get them to bite something connected to a line and pull them into our world is managing a birth that brings these creatures from the realm of mysytery into the world of reality. It is a kind of creation.” IfsKnowsWorldKindRealityWaterLinesClearSeaCreationBirthPureCreaturesRiversFishesConnectedBoatRealmsLakesFishingOur WorldBites Author:Howell Raines
“For me, fishing and journalism touched the same places in my head. In comparison with that of poets, the fly fishers' and the journalists' experiences are probably pale flavors, but they carry nonetheless a hint of ambrosia.” PoetFishesJournalismJournalistTouchedComparisonFishingPaleFlavorHintsAmbrosia Book:The One that Got Away: A Memoir Source: The One that Got Away: A Memoir
