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Quote Of The Month: Catch and Release fishing is a lot like golf. You don't have to eat the ball to have a good time. - Anon fly fishing guide - from FishHoo.com
OLD Quotes Of The Past Months
If a little madness be a necessary requisite to obtain the ultimate in the pleasure of angling -- then, O Lord, give me insanity! - John Alden Knight 1936
It is just possible that nice guys don't catch the most fish. But they find far more pleasure in those they do get. - Roderick Haig-Brown 1960 - from FishHoo.com
I like night fishing, eventhough there is a molecule of terror in it. Maybe it is that tiny bit of terror that I relish, that going mano a mano with another predator in the dark. I know it is not entirely civilized, but there is nothing to compare with the sizzle of fear except, perhaps, the rush of being feared. Either condition confirms you are alive. - Paul Quinnett, Darwin's Bass - from FishHoo.com
We ask a simple question and that is all we wish: Are fishermen all liars? Or do only liars fish? - William Sherwood Fox - from FishHoo.com
There are fishing tournaments, contest and pools, to be sure, but... by far the most rewarding forms of competition in angling are those that take place between the fish and the angler, and within the angler himself. - James Westman - from FishHoo.com
Catch and Release fishing is a lot like golf. You don't have to eat the ball to have a good time. - Anon fly fishing guide - from FishHoo.com
A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of nea, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to interfere with thinking except an occasional bite. - Robert Ruark, The Old Man and The Boy
"Angling may be said to be so like the
mathematics that it can never be fully learnt"
As with a faint star in the night's sky, one can
better understand fishing's allurel by looking around it, off to the side, not
right at it.
If the old boy [Izaak Walton] occasionally
stretched the truth, it strikes me that it makes him an even more appropriate
father figure for a cult whose members are often given to hyperbole.
There are fishing tournaments, contest and pools, to be sure,
but... by far the most rewarding forms of competition in angling are
those that take place between the fish and the angler, and within
the angler himself.
Fishing is not a sport one pursues for its pure entertainment
value. You might play baseball or play a round of golf, but you
don't play fishing. You work a stream or you put your time on the on
the water. You pay our dues. Fishing is entertainment, but it is
also about knowledge of nature and the wilderness. No angler worth
his license thinks of fishing as purely fun and games playtime.
Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.
If a little madness be a necessary requisite to obtain the
ultimate in the pleasure of angling -- then, O Lord, give me
insanity!
I like night fishing, eventhough there is a molecule of terror
in it. Maybe it is that tiny bit of terror that I relish, that going
mano a mano with another predator in the dark. I know it is not
entirely civilized, but there is nothing to compare with the sizzle
of fear except, perhaps, the rush of being feared. Either condition
confirms you are alive.
As inward love breeds outward talk, The hound some praise, and
some the hawk, Some better pleas'd with private sport. Use tennis,
some a mistress court: But these delights I neither wish, nor envy,
while I freely fish.
We ask a simple question and that is all we wish: Are fishermen
all liars? Or do only liars fish?
And I think, as I angle for fish, In the
hope that my hooks will attach'em, It's delightfully easy to fish-
But harder than blazes to catch'em.
Anglers .... exaggerate grossly and make
gentle and inoffensive creatures sound like wounded buffalo and
man-eating tigers.
Most lures fall into one of two categories:(1)- The lures that a
fisherman swears he swears by and that he will generously share with
you. (2) The ones that he hides because they really work.
As with a faint star in the night's sky, one can better
understand fishing's allurel by looking around it, off to the side,
not right at it.
Women break your hearts, big fish also
break your line along with it...
"The two best times to fish is when it's
rainin' and when it ain't."
"If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business."
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love and hating moonlight.
Whenever I find myself growing green about the mouth; whenever it is a damp drizzley November in my soul; and especially whenever it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from methodically knocking peoples hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but know it, almost all men in their degree cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
"After the doctor's departure
Koznyshev expressed the wish to go to the river with his fishing
rod. He was fond of angling and was apparently proud of being fond
of such a stupid occupation."
O,
sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a
trout with an artificial fly?
Too
many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keepers of the
aquarium.
Creeps
and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
Fly-fishing
may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can
only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a
fool at the other.
All fishermen are liars except you and me and to
tell you the truth, I'm not so sure about you!
Most lures fall into one of two categories: 1 The
lures that a fisherman
swears he swears by and that he will generously share with you. 2
The ones that he hides because they really work.
"My wife wonders why all women do not seek
anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life
with me and she claims that they all have a sweetness in their
nature which others lack."
If you wish happiness for an hour, get
intoxicated. If you wish happiness for 3 days, get married. If you
wish happiness for 8 days, kill a pig and eat it. If you wish
happiness forever, then learn to fish...
"Unless
one can enjoy himself fishing with the fly, even when his efforts
are unrewarded, he loses much real pleasure. More than half the
intense enjoyment of fly-fishing is derived from the beautiful
surroundings, the satisfaction felt from being in the open air, the
new lease of life secured thereby, and the many, many pleasant
recollections of all one has seen, heard and done."
Nothing
grows faster than a fish from when it bites until it gets away.
Fish is supposed to be good for the
brain, but fishing is even better for the imagination. Fishing seems
to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and
recollection and, in between, actual performance.
But, remember the back cast is the foundation,
and that unless it is solid the superstructure will be rickety.
Remember also that the motion of the rod through the air should be
almost, or quite noiseless. Nothing offends the angler's ear more
than the "swish" of a fly-rod.
Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but
angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string,
with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
In the fly book the sportsman collects his
treasures--the fairy imitations of the tiny nymphs of the waterside
--and it is the source of much delight in inspecting, replenishing
and arranging during the season when the trout are safe from
honorable pursuit.
Some fishermen think that any rod they buy and
pay for should stand any form of abuse, and if it does not, the
rod-maker is blamed and his work decried. The makers know this, and
that their reputation for skilled and honest work is as sensitive as
that of a woman.
Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon
when you ain't got no smoked salmon.
It
seemed as if I might next cast my line upward into the air, as well
as downward into this element which was scarcely more dense. Thus I
caught two fishes as it were with one hook.
For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how
many fish he has caught, not even how he has caught them, but what
he has caught when he has caught no fish.
Ours
is the grandest sport. It is an intriguing battle of wits between an
angler and a trout; and in addition to appreciating the tradition
and grace of the game, we play it in the magnificent out-of-doors.
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul
with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of
sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the
decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward
fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing
that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And
it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal
before fish.
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements
are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by
without consideration.
Nothing
grows faster than a fish from when it bites until it gets away.
Fur of hare's ear, wing of duck
Creeps
and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
Fly-fishing may well be considered the most
beautiful of all rural sports.
For
the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught,
not even how he has caught them, but what he has caught when he has
caught no fish.
And finally, I fish not because I regard fishing as being terribly
important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns
of men are equally unimportant, and not nearly so much fun.
"Game
fish are to valuable to be caught only once"
It is not difficult to learn how to cast; but it
is difficult to learn not to snap the flies off at every throw.
O,
sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a
trout with an artificial fly?
It
is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in
killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does
this.
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.
Scholars
have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a
philosopher's salary.
Fishing
is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness
and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames
our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men
are equal before fish.
I
spend most of my life fishing, the rest I just waste."
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.
"By the time I had turned
thirty, I'd realized two important things. One, I had to fish. Two,
I had to work for a living."
Many
go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they
are after.
"A bad day's fishing is better than a good day at work." -Anonymous
"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout."
All men are equal before fish.
"Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up."
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." -Doug Larsen
"Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job." "It is not a fish until it is on the bank." -Irish Proverb "The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses." -Anonymous "If fishing is like religion, then fly fishing is high church." -Tom Brokaw "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." -Steven Wright
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