But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, Is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth One Who swam ere rivers were begun, Immense, of fishy form and mind, Squamous, omnipotent, and kind. – Rupert Brooke
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. – Edward W. Howe
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
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. – Don Marquis
All you need to be a fisherman is patience and a worm. – Herb Shriner
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
Caution is a most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish. – Source Unknown
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. – Izaak Walton
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
