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

Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. – Author Unknown

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

I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent. – Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers, 1977