From around the world of fly fishing & through the ages, here are todays thoughts about the sport we love so much:
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn. ~Chuck Clark
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. ~Roderick Haig-Brown, about modern fishing, A River Never Sleeps, 1946
I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent. ~Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers, 1977
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish. ~Harold F. Blaisdell, The Philosophical Fisherman, 1969
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson