Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls… – Jim Harrison, Just Before Dark, 1991
You cannot catch trout with dry breeches. – Spanish Proverb
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. – Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1979
People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing. – Ed Zern, 1947
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
Even eminent chartered accountants are known, in their capacity as fishermen, blissfully to ignore differences between seven and ten inches, half a pound and two pounds, three fish and a dozen fish. – William Sherwood Fox, Silken Lines and Silver Hooks, 1954
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. – Herbert Hoover
Good things come to those who bait. – Author Unknown
“Carpe Diem” does not mean “fish of the day.” – Author Unknown
You must lose a fly to catch a trout. – George Herbert
Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths. – Author Unknown
