“It's nice, when fishing, to catch a fish. But it doesn't really matter if you don't. What you always catch is a quiet time sitting at the water's edge, or in a gently rocking boat, a silent time of water and sky and the movement of natural things.” IfsMatterWaterNaturalNiceSkyMovementQuietSittingSilentEdgesFishesBoatFishingNatural ThingsQuiet Time Book:Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer Source: Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer
“Although the United States has made tremendous progress cleaning up its water by removing billions of pounds of pollutants and doubling the number of waterways safe for fishing and swimming, a majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a polluted lake, river, stream or coastal area.” MadeStatesWaterUnitedNumbersUnited StatesProgressSafeAreasRiversMajorityEnvironmentalBillionsMilesStreamsLakesFishingPoundsSwimmingCleaningCleaning UpCoastal Author:Carol Browner
“I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there.” KnowsEndsWaterImaginationLinesSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingFishermanFly FishingAnglingGreat FishingFunny FishingFunny Fish Author:Robert Altman
“...secretly I lament the hundreds [of fish] we never caught because we forever persisted in fishing only the likliest holding water.” WaterForeverSeaRiversCaughtFishesBoatLakesFishingLament Author:Tom Sutcliffe
“A simple fishing boat in the midst of the rippling waters is enough to awaken in the mind of the beholder a sense of vastness of the sea and at the same time of peace and contentment - the Zen sense oof the alone.” MindEnoughWaterSimpleSeaBoatContentmentFishingMidstVastnessBeholderFishing Boats Author:D.T. Suzuki