“Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.” LittlesFeelingsBitsWaterBenefitsLittle BitFishesBackgrounds Author:Viggo Mortensen
“We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place. Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale. Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this, culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, "And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister?"” MenDoeNamesBitsWhiteNumbersBoysImagineFishesLocalsMinistersSettlingShopsPrimeCoatsPrime MinisterChipsIncidentsFetchFish And ChipsLagerWhite Coat Author:Alan Bennett
“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
“Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off.” IfsMayEndsBitsSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingThickThumbsFisherman Author:Ed Zern
“Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As an aside, it is now amazing to me how much of the advice from my elders in those days has not come true. I have not gone blind or deaf, despite some early teen advice to the contrary. The only time I was ever involved in a car accident, I was taken to hospital, but no one seemed to take the slightest bit of notice as to whether I had on clean underwear or not. I have, as yet, been unable to test the nymph and heaven advice.)” HeavenBitsGoneTakenSeaAdviceCarInvolvedRiversTestsBlindCleanFishesAccidentsContraryDespiteBoatLakesFishingHospitalsMentorOnly TimeDeafEldersFloatsUnderwearCar AccidentNymphsClean Underwear Author:Tony Bishop