Great Fly Fishing Quotes

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up."

~by Arnold Gingrich, 1969~
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"A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it."

~by Arnold Gingrich~
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"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."

~by Henry David Thoreau~
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"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout."

~Irish proverb~
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"It is not a fish until it is on the bank."

~Irish Proverb~
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"A bad day's fishing is better than a good day at work."

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

~by Doug Larsen~
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"O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?"

~by Isaak Walton~
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"Here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling."

~by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Nigh,t Act II, Scene ,1 Line 2~
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"If fishing is like religion, then fly-fishing is high church."

~by Tom Brokaw~
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"If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business."

~by Alfred W. Miller~
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"Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job."

~by Paul Schullery~
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"The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses."

~Anonymous~
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"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God."

~by Tony Blake~
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"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't."

~by Patrick F. MacManus~
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"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt."
~by Izaak Walton, 1653~
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"I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout."
~by Paul O'Neil~
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"In my family, there was no clear division between religion and fly fishing."

~by Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It, 1976~
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"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate."

~by Izaac Walton~