Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

- John D. Voelker

I fish because I love to . . . because I love the environs where trout are found . . . because I suspect that men are going along this way for the la…

- John D. Voelker

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.

- John D. Voelker

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed

- John D. Voelker

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

- John D. Voelker

...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a woman's arm protruding from…

- John D. Voelker

There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transpor…

- John D. Voelker

A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.

- John D. Voelker

The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and ar…

- John D. Voelker