The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout.
In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory.
I only fish in the sun, because the fish are attracted to the sunlight hitting the water.