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Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.

If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning.

It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year.

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret.

There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.

Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.

Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement.

Poets talk about "spots of time", but it is really the fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone.

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

Never leave fish to find fish.

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.

I frankly don't make much of a living, but I make a hell of a life.

Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked salmon when you ain't got no smoked salmon.

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.

Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.