There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the habits of trout and little more about the manner of taking them.
Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness. - John D. Voelker
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
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…
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
The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.
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
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…
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
I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.
Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed - John D. Voelker
Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed
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
A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.
...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
...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…
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
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…
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