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“Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.”

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Thomas McGuane

Thomas McGuane (born December 11, 1939) is an acclaimed American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter, renowned for his works set in the American West, fly fishing, and rural American life. His novels often explore themes of masculinity, the relationship between nature and civilization, and the spiritual struggles of marginalized characters in contemporary America. more

“There is an immense trout in Loch Awe in Scotland, which is so voracious, and swallows his own species with such avidity, that he has obtained the name 'Salmo Ferox'. I pull about this unnatural monster till he is tired, land him, and administer the coup de grace. Is this cruel? Cruelty should be made of sterner stuff.”

Should Made Names Stuff Grace Sea Land Rivers Tired Species Fishes Monsters Cruelty Boat Awe Lakes Fishing Immense Scotland Unnatural Trout Coups

Author:Arnold Gingrich

“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 .”

Men Should Years Has Beens Book Lasts Sea Honest Honesty Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Spokes Honest Man Fisherman Questionable Anglers

Author:Arthur Ransome

“Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.”

Knows Interesting Talking Sea Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Fisherman

Author:Arthur Ransome

“Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up, I'll think them every one an Antony, And say, 'Ah, ha! are caught!'”

Thinking Giving Sea Mines Draws Rivers Give Me Caught Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Betray Angle Hook Pierce Antony

Author:William Shakespeare

“The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait.”

Cutting Sea Rivers Fishes Golden Boat Streams Pleasant Lakes Fishing Silver Bait Treacherous Angling Oar

Book:The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings

Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings

“If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.”

Ifs Today Turns Alive Graves

Author:Samuel Goldwyn

“'Twas merry when You wagered on your angling, when your diver Did hang a salt fish on his hook, which he With fervency drew up.”

Sea Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Salt Hook Merry Angling

Book:Antony and Cleopatra

Source: Antony and Cleopatra

“It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you wanted. Perhaps it's standing thigh deep in a river with the water passing at the exact but varying speed of life. You easily recognize this mortality and it dissipates into the landscape.”