Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the point.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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