“Living at a beach, near a river mouth, taught him the impotence of impatience at events moving at nature's pace.” Quote by Tony Bishop
“Millions of Americans own dogs, because they are good-natured, simple, and easily amused. I am referring here to the Americans. The dogs are not exactly Mensa members either, but they definitely make better pets than tropical fish.” SimpleMillionsSeaDogMembersRiversFishesBoatPetLakesFishingAmusedReferringTropical Author:Dave Barry
“Does a little fish, swimming though the net's eye, suffer from inferiority complex?” LittlesDoeEyeSufferingSeaRiversComplexesFishesBoatLakesFishingSwimmingInferiorityInferiority Complex Author:Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.” WaterSeaRiversRoundsCaughtFishesBoatLakesGood TimesFishingSwimFisherman Author:Ivan Turgenev
“Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.” BigsHere I Am Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.” IfsLeftSeaTheoryRiversFishesBoatStreamsLakesFishingLakes And Rivers Author:Izaak Walton
“During my addled career as a trout fisherman I have gone on a lot of wild-goose chases, and I ruefully expect to go on a lot more before I hang up my waders” CareersGoneSeaGoes OnRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingGeeseFishermanTroutHang UpsWild Geese Author:John D. Voelker
“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
“The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise to your fly. You dream as you drop off to sleep at night about the lunker that got loose just as you were about to net it.” DreamFormNightSportsSleepSeaRiversCastsFishesBoatLakesFishing Author:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
“Fish slowly and thoroughly. Haste never pays dividends. Don't whip the stream to a froth. Make fewer cast, make them to places which count an fish each cast out instead of lifting it prematurely” PaySeaRiversCastsFishesBoatStreamsLakesFishingFewerLiftingWhipsHasteDividends Author:Ray Bergman
“Use the longest leader you can handle. Usually you can handle one much longer than you imagine. Remember that the purpose of the leader is to conceal artificiality. If you believe a leader is at all necessary then you must admit that the longer the leader the better chances you have for success” IfsBelieveUseRememberPurposeChanceLeaderImagineSeaRiversFishesHandleBoatLakesFishingIf You BelieveArtificiality Book:Trout Source: Trout