We who go a-fishing are a peculiar people. Like other men and women in many respects, we are like one another, and like no others, in other respects. We understand each other's thoughts by an intuition of which we know nothing. We cast our flies on many waters, where memories and fancies and facts rise, and we take them and show them to each other, and small or large, we are content with our catch.
It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this. - William Cowper Prime
It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this.
- William Cowper Prime
There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should not in every respect, ri… - William Cowper Prime
There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should not in every respect, ri…
In the name of sense, man, if God made fish to be eaten, what difference does it make if I enjoy the killing of them before I eat them? You would hav… - William Cowper Prime
In the name of sense, man, if God made fish to be eaten, what difference does it make if I enjoy the killing of them before I eat them? You would hav…
Stalking along from log to log, or plunging their long legs in the oozy swamp, two large herons paid no attention to my presence, but occupied themse… - William Cowper Prime
Stalking along from log to log, or plunging their long legs in the oozy swamp, two large herons paid no attention to my presence, but occupied themse…
We who go a-fishing are a peculiar people. Like other men and women in many respects, we are like one another, and like no others, in other respects.… - William Cowper Prime
We who go a-fishing are a peculiar people. Like other men and women in many respects, we are like one another, and like no others, in other respects.…
All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day on lake or river, while he t… - William Cowper Prime
All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook, all day on lake or river, while he t…
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