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Fishing Quotes
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." ~Henry David Thoreau
“Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.” ~Lee Wulff, The father of catch and release angling.
"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." ~Charles F. Orvis
"The solution to any problem--work, love, money, whatever--is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." ~John Gierach, Standing in a River Waving a Stick
"There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." ~Washington Irving
"As with a faint star in the night's sky, one can better understand fishing's allure by looking around it, off to the side, not right at it." ~Holly Morris
"The reason that all other kinds of fishermen look up to the dry-fly purist is not that he catches more fish than they; on the contrary, it is because he catches fewer. His is the sport in its purist, most impractical, least material form." ~William Humphrey
"His love of streams, of fishing, seemed so complete and pure and mysterious. He knew something I didn't, and I wanted to know what it was. I wanted to learn how to find fish, how to tell a good stream from a bad one, how not to frighten trout in the water, what fly to use. Mostly I wanted to know what it was that he loved so much. I wanted to experience that, too, to love something so utterly you assumed everyone else was as fascinated with it as you." ~Gretchen Legler, All the Powerful Invisible Things: A Sportswoman's Notebook
"With every trip I collect new mementos, though few are collected in scrapbooks. And all who fish for bass across the land collect them too. They are the images from first light to last and from first fish to last. And we'd share them in a minute. Some recall particular triumphs, often preserved in snapshots and clippings, while others we tend to hide, at least until the time we're ready to laugh about them. Daybreaks, canebrakes, heartbreaks, muggy nights, and foggy mornings. A hundred things that worked, and a thousand more that should have. That's bass fishing." ~George Kramer
"There are matters beyond the knowledge of non-fisherman... Forests... can insulate you against the woes of the world as completely as the widest water of an ocean voyage. Quick water and dark firs and the campfire's glow at dusk and the good smell of boiling tea at daybreak are inestimable things." ~Federic F. Van de Water
"The true sportsman needs neither game laws nor bag limits, nor does the securing of a license make a sportsman. He must be moderate in his kill, find part of the pleasure in being afield, and in observing the lives of the denizens of the streams and wood. Many of our best days are those in which a large catch was not made." ~"Uncle" Lloyd Taylor
"Catch and Release fishing is a lot like golf. You don't have to eat the ball to have a good time." ~Anonymous, Fly fishing guide
"Whether catch or release or not, the fish keep growing long after they're caught." ~Ian Mitchell
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley." ~Author Unknown