“Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed” Quote by John D. Voelker
“Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.” IfsWellsSaidHomeTodayGoneDoorsSeaMissingMetsRiversFishesBoatLakesTonightFishingNoonPacking Author:Brad Paisley
“The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage and reviews the pleasure of life will be grateful and glad that he has been an angler, for he will look back on days radiant with happiness, peaks of enjoyment that are no less bright because they are lit in memory by the light of a setting sun.” LooksLongHas BeensLightMemoriesPleasureSunSeaStageRiversGratefulFishesGladSettingBoatSettingsEnjoymentLakesFishingReviewsBe GratefulLitRadiantPleasures Of LifeAnglers Author:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
“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
“If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.” IfsKnowsCountrySportsWaterBoysWatchesSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingPopular Sports Author:Hal Borland
“Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.” WarFunnyWorryWittyShootingOxymoronFunny Oxymoron Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder . . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs.” YearsKidsStrongFeltHalfBreakFourSeaRiversCaughtFishesBoatLakesComparisonFishingResentmentPlasticIndifferentFifteenPreferenceWormsThumbsHideousFishermanFifteen YearsMidsummerFifteen Years Old Author:Vance Bourjaily
“I like night fishing, even though there is a molecule of terror in it. Maybe it is that tiny bit of terror that I relish, that going mano a mano with another predator in the dark. I know it is not entirely civilized, but there is nothing to compare with the sizzle of fear except, perhaps, the rush of being feared. Either condition confirms you are alive.” KnowsNightBitsDarkAliveSeaConditionsRiversFishesTerrorTinyBoatCompareLakesFishingCivilizedMoleculesPredatorRelish Author:Paul G. Quinnett
“A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of neatly, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to interfere with thinking except an occasional bite” ThinkingMenGivingKindEarthWaterSeaFashionRiversFishesBoatSymbolsLakesFishingBitesInterfereHookGood WillOccasionalPeace On EarthDeep DownOrderlyBait Author:Robert Ruark
“Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are.” ThinkingMenBookEmotionCompanySeaSummerRiversWinterFishesBoatPleasantLakesFishingCompanionTranquilityLitSummer And WinterRiverside Book:Fishing Source: Fishing
“And connected I had been. When the fish changed directions, I felt it. when it slowed or sped up, I felt that too. It's such a raw thing, this shared existence with a piece of bucking biomass.” FeltExistencePiecesSeaChangedRiversFishesConnectedBoatLakesFishingSpedBiomass Author:Jessica Maxwell