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Quote by Izaak Walton
We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, Doubtl

We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. – Izaak Walton

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But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. – Samuel Johnson

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The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled. – Henry David Thoreau

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Caution is a most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish. – Source Unknown

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