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.
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 charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
Fishing is the art of knowing when not to fish.
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.
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.
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
Fishing is the sport of drowning worms.
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.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Fly fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.
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.
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.