I know I'm a long way from greatness, but I am beginning to come at it in my own way. I can go through the basic motions pretty well, don't rely quite as religiously on specific fly patterns as I once did, have worked out ways of compensating for some of my most egregious weaknesses and have come to count heavily on timing because it's a hell of a lot easier to catch fish when the fish are biting.
The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to reme… - John Gierach
The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to reme…
- John Gierach
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably … - John Gierach
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably …
Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations… - John Gierach
Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations…
They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the… - John Gierach
They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the…
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
The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.
If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong. - John Gierach
If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.
Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappo… - John Gierach
Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappo…
If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, an… - John Gierach
If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, an…
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream cultu… - John Gierach
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream cultu…
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