The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad. – A.K. Best
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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
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
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
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. – Ernest Hemingway
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it. – Samuel Richardson
