Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout.
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.