There comes a time in every man's life when he is either going to go fishing or do something worse.

- Havilah Babcock

It is always disillusioning to weigh your fish and measure your golf drives. Smart men estimate them.

- Havilah Babcock

Be not the first to take up the new, nor the last to cast the old aside.

- Havilah Babcock

The unvarnished truth is that a trained dog is a perishable commodity. Few things are so subject to deterioration. It is almost as hard-and it takes …

- Havilah Babcock

To take advantage of the last precious minutes, you've got to stay afield as late as the birds do, regardless of a houseful of guests, the sanguine p…

- Havilah Babcock