Quotes

"May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it."
Irish Blessing

"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."
Doug Larson

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
Steven Wright

"I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout..."
Paul O'Neil

"Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn."
Chuck Clark

"There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm."
Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1979

"Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish."
Roderick Haig-Brown, about modern fishing, A River Never Sleeps, 1946

"Gone fishin', be back at dark-thirty!"
Author Unknown