“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
“The outdoors, the beautiful environment, both in fresh and salt water. And the thing that concerns me is the amount of kids that stand on street corners, or go into pinball parlours, and call it recreation.” KidsBeautifulWaterEnvironmentSeaStreetsAmountConcernRiversFishesCornersBoatLakesFishingSaltRecreationStreet CornersSalt WaterPinball Author:Rex Hunt
“I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.” KidsTodayLife IsHouseWorryTreeFasterFishingBike Author:John Lasseter