“A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod will appreciate in value while a new graphite rod will depreciate, but the best thing to do is turn around and say, ¨$9,000.00 for a car? I only paid $500.00 for mine.”
John Gierach, born in 1946, is a renowned fishing author in the United States. His works are known for their humorous tone and profound insights into the art of fishing, which have won the hearts of readers. more
“If you are lucky you will have the opportunity in your life to be owned by a good piece of land.”
“...we do not own these woods. They own us.”
“...no other life form needed man, man needed all the others in which to survive.”
“The forest talks but a good hunter only hears it by learning its language.”
“No animal could change the character of the land as the presence of the wolf had that day.”