
In angling, as in the carpenter’s trade, the more one fishes, the more one learns.
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it.
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.
The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.
Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Fly fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.
The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.