The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
To fish or not to fish? That is a stupid question.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
In a river, time is carried away, but the fish remain.
The best time to fish is when you can.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.
When all else fails, go fishing.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
There's plenty of fish in the sea.
Fish are friends, not food.
I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout.
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
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.
I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.
The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't.
Fish and visitors smell in three days.