“Wherever we go in the world we find other men speaking the same language, planning the same plans, dreaming the same dreams. And one of the big four - brownie, or brookie, cutthroat or rainbow - is the cause of it all” MenWorldDreamBigsLanguageCausesFourPlansSeaRiversFishesPlanningBoatLakesFishingRainbowBrowniesSpeaking The Same Language Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“A man should think when he fishing of all manner and shape of things, flowing as easily through the mind as the light stream among the rocks” ThinkingMenShouldMindLightSeaRocksShapesRiversFishesBoatStreamsLakesFishingShape Of Things Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.” MenNeedsFirstsSeaTraditionRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingTribesFishermanFly FishingAnglingCreeks Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“I have been, all my life, what is known as a conservationist. It seems clear beyond possibility of argument that any given generation of men can have only a lease, not ownership, of the earth; and one essential term of the lease is that the earth be handed down on to the next generation with unimpaired potentialities. This is the conservationist's concern.” MenHas BeensSeemsEarthNextGivenTermKnownClearGenerationsPossibilityEssentialsConcernArgumentOwnershipNext GenerationLease Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“Anglers...exaggerate grossly and make gentle and inoffensive creatures sound like wounded buffalo and man-eating tigers.” MenSoundSeaCreaturesEatingRiversFishesBoatGentleLakesFishingWoundedTigersBuffaloAnglers Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel.” ThinkingKnowsMenFeelsStillsFishes Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
