“My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life with me and she claims that they all have a sweetness in their nature which others lack.” WonderWifeSeaHusbandRiversClaimsFishesMy WifeContactBoatLakesFishingSweetnessFly FishingAnglers Author:Ray Bergman
“Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even in a flea: the sense of wonder. That is our sixth sense, and it is the natural religious sense.” MayNaturalReligiousConsciousnessWonderElementsPlantFishesPermanentRelatedInherentInsectsFleasSense Of WonderSixth Sense Author:D. H. Lawrence
“Turning points in my life... the bush, the trails, lakes, waterfalls... moving camp from one wonderful lake to another... the companionship of a great individual, a wonder with canoe, axe and fish line.” MovingIndividualLinesWonderWonderfulFishesLakesCampsCompanionshipTrailsRenewalTurning PointsWaterfalls Author:Arthur Lismer
“The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.” FirstsChildrenWonderSeaApproachRiversSeasonsFishesBoatAweLakesFishingFishermanSense Of Wonder Author:John D. Voelker
“And yet there are many times when it does not make any difference what pattern one uses. One thing is certain. The more bedraggled the fly gets the better the trout like it. I think there is a reason for this. I think the bedraggled half worn out wet fly more closely imitates a nymph than a new one does. Most commercial flies are tied too bushy and full. A little trimming of wings and thinning out of hackles will often work wonders.” ThinkingLittlesDoeReasonUseCertainDifferencesHalfWonderOne ThingSeaRiversWingsPatternsFishesBoatLakesFishingTiedWetWornWorn OutTroutNymphsTrimming Author:Ray Bergman
“Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish; it is as much an acquaintance with beavers, dippers, and other fishermen as it is the challenge of catching trout.” ChallengesWonderSeaRiversFishesPursuitBoatLakesFishingQuestsAcquaintanceCatchingFishermanTroutBeavers Book:The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors Source: The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors
“Trout aren't naturally as selective as they've become in crowded tailwaters - they've been trained to be like that by too much fishing pressure. I've seen tailwater fish that are so hysterical they'll refuse naturals. You wonder how they get enough to eat.” EnoughWonderToo MuchSeaRiversPressureFishesRefuseBoatLakesFishingCrowdedSelectiveHystericalTrout Author:John Gierach
“The president is that invisible force that makes a school of fish suddenly change direction, so that everyone 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' at the glimmering mass and only later wonders what makes them move in that way. I read somewhere-_Harper's_, I'm fairly certain-that the fish are only avoiding pockets of extra cold water.” WaySchoolMovingCertainForcePresidentWaterWonderColdMassFishesInvisibleExtrasPocketsAvoidingCold WaterSchools Of Fish Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Without the instruments and accumulated knowledge of the natural sciences... humans are trapped in a cognitive prison. They are like intelligent fish born in a deep shallowed pool. Wondering and restless, longing to reach out, they think about the world outside. They invent ingenious speculations and myths about the origin of the confining waters, of the sun and the sky and the stars above , and the meaning of their own existence. But they are wrong, always wrong because the world is too remote from ordinary experience to be merely imagined.” ThinkingWorldHumansStarsWaterBornNaturalExistenceWonderSunSkyOrdinaryIntelligentInstrumentsLongingPrisonFishesMythPoolReach OutTrappedSpeculationRestlessCognitiveIngeniousNatural ScienceAlways Wrong Author:E. O. Wilson
“One of my own stray childhood fears had been to wonder what a whale might feel like had it been born and bred in captivity, then released into the wild-into its ancestral sea-its limited world instantly blowing up when cast into the unknowable depths, seeing strange fish and tasting new waters, not even having a concept of depth, not knowing the language of any whale pods it might meet. It was my fear of a world that would expand suddenly, violently, and without rules or laws: bubbles and seaweed and storms and frightening volumes of dark blue that never end.” WorldFeelsEndsMightLawLanguageWaterBornDarkMy OwnWonderKnowingSeeingSeaChildhoodStrangeConceptsBlueDepthCastsFishesStormBubblesFrighteningNot KnowingVolumeWhalesTastingCaptivitySeaweedBlowing UpDark Blue Author:Douglas Coupland