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Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly. By John Gierach Fly Fish Wrong Long Hard

Night fishing accentuates the atmosphere of a lake. It is as if, once darkness falls, the character of the pool announces, "I am here. By Fennel Hudson Night Lake Fishing Accentuates Atmosphere

Hold up. I'm bait? By Devon Monk Hold Bait

Never leave fish to find fish. By Moses Fish Leave Find

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration. By John Gierach Successful Persistence Infiltration Trout Fishing

You can catch fishes with baits and men with bright colours! By Mehmet Murat Ildan Colours Catch Fishes Baits Men

Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. By Jean-Paul Aron Fish Nourish Seductive Meant Tempt

All is fish that comth to net. By John Heywood Net Fish Comth

Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated. By Meister Eckhart Caught Fishhook Happily Liberated

There was a trout. By Ernest Hemingway, Trout

So we have to make sure we stop it here," he said."Exactly. Well,you asked me to get you as close to the water as possible.I presume you have a plan?""My love,I always have a plan."They heard footsteps rattling behind them and turned as Prometheus and Niten came hurrying up. They were both carrying fishing rods over their shoulders.The slender Japanese man grinned. "Do not ask him how much it cost to hire these," he said."How much?" Nicholas asked."Too much," Prometheus answered furiously. "I could have bought an entire fishing boat,or at least a very good fish dinner,for what it cost to rent them for a couple of hours," he grumbled. "Plus a deposit in case we don't bring them back.""What's the plan?" Niten asked. He held out an empty bucket. "We can'nt really go fishing. We don't have bait.""Oh,but we do." Nicholas smiled. "You are our bait. By Michael Scott Said Prometheus Make Stop Fishing

It is the yearning I sense in you that lures me. By Sylvia Day Yearning Sense Lures

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish. By Ovid Cast Hook Fish Pool Expect

Fishing: a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. By Don Marquis Fishing Clothes Delusion Surrounded Liars

My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure. By William Shakespeare Empty Fullgorged Lure Falcon Sharp

But fish not with this melancholy baitFor this fool gudgeon, this opinion. By William Shakespeare Gudgeon Opinion Fish Melancholy Baitfor

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. By Herbert Hoover Fishing Life Humility Frailty Constant

[A]ngling 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. By Samuel Johnson Ngling String Float Fishing Compare

All you know isyou must change sailto catch it. By Stephanie Hemphill Isyou Change Sailto Catch

Best fishing in troubled waters. By John Harington Waters Fishing Troubled

If truth is the lure, humans are fishes. By Jane Hirshfield Lure Humans Fishes Truth

You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments. By Bernie Worrell Food Sex Money Wooed Instruments

When there is abundance of fish, we need help to pull the nets. By J.a. Perez Fish Nets Abundance Pull

When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people fishing, perhaps reeling in their lines with struggling fish hooked at the end of them. Once I saw a man take a small fish out of a bucket and impale it, still wriggling, on an empty hook to use as bait. By Peter Singer Child Walks Sea Father River

This is what I love about the Kimberley ... wild gorges, fresh water and there's always a chance of a barra taking your lure. By Malcolm Douglas Kimberley Love Wild Gorges Fresh

When all the routines and details and the human bores get on our nerves, we just yearn to go away from here to somewhere else. To go fishing is a sound, a valid, and an accepted reason for an escape. It requires no explanation. By Herbert Hoover Nerves Routines Details Human Bores

A fisherman in the month of May stood angling on the bank of the Thames with an artificial fly. He threw his bait with so much art, that a young trout was rushing toward it, when she was prevented by her mother. "Never," said she, "my child, be too precipitate, where there is a possibility of danger. Take due time to consider, before you risk an action that may be fatal. How know you whether yon appearance be indeed a fly, or the snare of an enemy? Let someone else make the experiment before you. If it be a fly, he will very probably elude the first attack: and the second may be made, if not with success, at least with safety." She had no sooner spoken, than a gudgeon seized the pretended fly, and became an example to the giddy daughter of the importance of her mother's counsel. FABLES, ROBERT DODSLEY, 1703-1764 By Robert Greene Thames Fly Fisherman Month Stood

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind. By Socrates Beauty Kind Bait Delight Allures

All my clear-eyed fish, Golden, or rainbow-sided, or purplish, Vermilion-tail'd, or finn'd with silvery gauze ... My charming rod, my potent river spells ... By John Keats Golden Vermiliontail Fish Rainbowsided Purplish

He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming. By Ovid Swimming Holds Hook Aware Waters

To snatch the worm from the trap. By Plautus Trap Snatch Worm

Allowing the fly to sink to the fish's level, the angler makes a retrieve. The fly comes directly at the fish, which suddenly sees its approach. As the small fly get nearer, the fish moves forward to strike, but the tiny fly doesn't flee at the sight of the predator. Instead it continues to come directly toward the fish. Suddenly the fish realizes intuitively that something is wrong(its never happened before), so it flees until it can assess the situation. An opportunity for the angler has been lost. By Lefty Kreh Fish Fly Allowing Level Retrieve

If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day,You have to go places quite out of the way,You have to go places no others can get to.You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too. By Dr. Seuss Places Wet Catch Beasts Dayyou

Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up, I'll think them every one an Antony, And say, 'Ah, ha! are caught!' By William Shakespeare River Tawnyfinned Give Angle Fishes

I want to point the way to something that should forever lure them, when the TV set is broken and the movie is over and the school bell has rung for the last time. By Bel Kaufman Time Point Forever Lure Set

These lines are hooks, I'm fishing unknown seas. By Mark Lawrence Hooks Seas Lines Fishing Unknown

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in! By John Wolcot Attempts God Pull Enjoy Stream

Still fisheth he that catcheth one. By George Herbert Fisheth Catcheth

The bait's got a theory; the bait's finding a practice, working it out; the bait's going to write it down and she don't have to use words, she'll make signs, in blood, she's good at bleeding, boys, the vein's open, boys, the bait's got plenty, each month more and more without dying for a certain long period of her life, she can lose it or use it, she works in broad strokes, she makes big gestures, big signs; oh and honey there's so much bait around that there's going to be a bloodbath in the old town tonight, when the new art gets its start. By Andrea Dworkin Bait Boys Signs Big Theory

But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am. By Maxim Gorky Bait Caught Poor Fish Big

I'm a fish swimming by Ray. Catch me if you want me. By Janet Fitch Ray Fish Swimming Catch

Weakness is an irresistible lure. By Kiersten White Weakness Lure Irresistible

With the catching end the pleasures of the chase. By Abraham Lincoln Chase Catching End Pleasures

I couldn't keep a fish alive," she said. "I kill plants just by looking at them.""I suspect I would have the same problem," Mark said, eyeing the fish. "It is too bad - I was going to name it Magnus, because it has sparkly scales."At that, Cristina giggled. Magnus Bane was the High Warlock of Brooklyn, and he had a penchant for glitter."I suppose I had better let him go free," Mark said. Before anyone could say anything, he made his way to the railing of the pier and emptied the bag, fish and all, into the sea."Does anyone want to tell him that goldfish are freshwater fish and can't survive in the ocean?" said Julian quietly. "Not really," said Cristina. "Did he just kill Magnus?" Emma asked, but before Julian could answer, Mark whirled around. By Cassandra Clare Mark Fish Magnus Alive Cristina

What are more delightful than one's emotions when approaching a trout stream for the initial cast? By Nash Buckingham Cast Delightful Emotions Approaching Trout

Out from the servient shoulders of some smooth-tongued Waiter it stares, into the scared dilating pupils of the White Satin Bride with her pledged hand clutching her Bridegroom's sleeve. Up from the gravelly, pick-and-shovel labor of the new-made grave it lifts its weirdly magnetic eyes to the Widow's tears. Down from some petted Princeling's silver-trimmed saddle horse it smiles its electrifying, wistful smile into the Peasant's sodden weariness. Across the slender white rail of an always out-going steamer it stings back into your gray, land-locked consciousness like the tang of a scarlet spray. And the secret of the face, of course, is "Lure"; but to save your soul you could not decide in any specific case whether the lure is the lure of personality, or the lure of physiognomy - a mere accidental, coincidental, haphazard harmony of forehead and cheek-bone and twittering facial muscles. By Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Waiter Satin Bride Bridegroom Lure

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure. By Geoffrey Chaucer Lure Emptie Hands Men Haukes

All you need to be a fisherman is patience and a worm. By Herb Shriner Worm Fisherman Patience

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. By Dave Barry Fishing Boring Fish Disgusting Catch

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite. By Gladys Taber Home Curious Thing Fishing Catch

Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it. By Lev Grossman Careful Hunt Catch

With the catching ends the pleasures of the chase. By Abraham Lincoln Chase Catching Ends Pleasures

To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. By Herbert Hoover Air Brook Water Fish Fishing

He had never seen fly-fishing like this before. There were wet flies, and there were dry flies, but this fly augured into the water with a saw-toothed whine and dragged the fish out backwards. By Terry Pratchett Flies Flyfishing Backwards Wet Dry

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star. By Alice Riley Fishing Baby Dream Silver Star

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business. By Julie Walters Lure Money Business

Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in. By William Kent Krueger Danny Fishing Boy Mind Purely

If you are a fish charging at bait, then it usually doesn't end well. By Amish Tripathi Bait Fish Charging End

Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface. By Edward Abbey Trout Fishing Form Stickler Proper

Fishing keeps men boys longer than any other pursuit By Zane Grey Fishing Pursuit Men Boys Longer

I love fishing, any kind of fishing. By Brandi Carlile Fishing Love Kind

Come up fish. Come to Quint. By Peter Benchley Fish Quint

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves ... By Leigh Hunt Smallneeding Sweet Swift Vague Clear

The fish,Even in the fisherman's net,Still carries,The smell of the sea. By Mourid Barghouti Sea Fisheven Fisherman Netstill Carriesthe

They should call fishing what it really is ... tricking and killing! By Demetri Martin Call Fishing Tricking Killing

Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance. By Arnold Gingrich Fishing Divided Sex Parts Anticipation

I gather/You hunt/We both miss the trap By Maggie Stiefvater Gather Hunt Trap Miss

I remember the good evenings I have fished, even the ones that realised material hopes not by the fish that came to the fly, but by the colour and movement of the water and sky, by the sounds and scents and gentle stirrings that were all about me. By Roderick Haig-Brown Fished Fly Sky Remember Good

Then there is the excitement as a fish takes this daintiest of offerings, this sleight-of-hand made of fur and feather. Each sparkling fish you release is a bond to wildness. By Kevin C. Kelleher Offerings Made Feather Fish Excitement

He that will play with Satan's bait, will quickly be taken with Satan's hook. By Thomas Brooks Satan Bait Hook Play Quickly

How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! And how we rue our haste, finding the gilded morsel to contain a hook! By Aldo Leopold Ready Nay Eager Time Fish

Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you've learned about the grand themes of life. It's time enough to realize that every generalization stands opposed by a mosaic of exceptions, and that the biggest truths are few indeed. Meanwhile, you feel the wind shift and the temperature change. You might simply decide to be present, and observe a few facts about the drifting clouds ... Fishing in a place is a meditation on the rhythm of a tide, a season, the arc of a year, and the seasons of life ... I fish to scratch the surface of those mysteries, for nearness to the beautiful, and to reassure myself the world remains. I fish to wash off some of my grief for the peace we so squander. I fish to dip into that great and awesome pool of power that propels these epic migrations. I fish to feel- and steal- a little of that energy. By Carl Safina Fish Time Reason Life Fishing

The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies. They are moody and neglectful and all of them a little daft. Moreover they are inclined to drink too much. By John D. Voelker Trout Sleep Truth Fishermen Scheme

For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature By Thaddeus Norris Angler Fishing Joy Born Peaceful

Don't bait the cougars. By Rachel Caine Cougars Bait

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water. By Herbert Hoover Water Joys Fishing Confined Hours

The seeker is the sought. By Osho Sought Seeker

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. By Herbert Hoover Fishing Fish Forefathers Great Occasion

Whether we live by the seaside, or by the lakes and rivers, or on the prarie, it concerns us to attend to the nature of fishes, since they are not phenomena confined to certain localities only, but forms and phases of the life in nature universally dispersed. The countless shoals which annually coast the shores of Europe and America are not so interesting to the student of nature as the more fertile law itselffrom which it results that they may be found in water in so many places, in greater or lesser numbers. By Henry David Thoreau Nature Seaside Rivers Prarie Fishes

I'm a fish swimming by...catch me if you want me. By Janet Fitch Catch Fish Swimming

Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains. By Alexander Pope Swift Tyrian Supply Dye Eel

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. By Yanni Problems Solved Rod Fish Fishing

Use the hook, you By Steven Saylor Hook

Don't even think about it.You'll never catch that big fish with your small hook. By Phil Wohl Hook Catch Big Fish Small

The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art ... By Robert Burns Defies Burn Glides Dart Safe

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring. By Tom Brown Jr. Fish Flesh Herring Good Red

The rule of fishes is the same as the rule of people: if the shark comes, they will all escape, and leave you to be eaten. They share a single jumpy heart that drives them to move all together, running away from danger just before it arrives. Somehow they know. Underneath By Barbara Kingsolver Rule People Escape Eaten Fishes

Catch Catodon ... cast out his conation. By Gene Wolfe Catodon Catch Cast Conation

A hunter that is worth his salt does not catch game because he sets his traps, or because he knows the hunting routines of his prey, but because he himself has no routines. This is his advantage. He is not at all like the animals he is after, fixed by heavy routines and predictable quirks; he is free, fluid, unpredictable By Carlos Castaneda Routines Traps Prey Hunter Worth

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale. By John Hope Hooks Sat River Bank Caught

The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you? By Lee Wulff Gift Fish Back Finest Give

Keep your eye on the prey By Erin Hunter Prey Eye

For this form of fishing (with a wet fly), the rod is no longer a shooting machine but a receiving post, with super-sensitive antennae, capable of registering immediately the slightest reaction of the fish to the fly. By Charles Ritz Fly Fishing Post Antennae Capable

I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some fatal attraction draws me down into the abysses of thought, down into those innermost recesses which never cease to fascinate the strong. I shall spend my life gazing at the ocean of art, where others voyage or fight; and from time to time I'll entertain myself by diving for those green and yellow shells that nobody will want. So I shall keep them for myself and cover the walls of my hut with them. By Gustave Flaubert Face Obscure Patient Pearlfisherman Dives

But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultless to the end. But the philosophy of worm-fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your basket when the day's work is done. By Bliss Perry Fish Worm Catch Disgrace Impeccable

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing. By Marisha Pessl Swallowing Man Exists Bait Resist

There is one distinctive charm about fishing - its fascinations will stand any climate. You may sit crouching on ice over a hole inside the arctic circle, or on a Windsor chair by the side of the River Lea in the so-called temperate zone, or you may squat in a canoe on an equatorial river, with the surrounding atmosphere forty-five percent mosquito, and if you are fishing you will enjoy yourself ... By Mary Kingsley Climate Fishing Distinctive Charm Fascinations

But one creature said at last, I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clinging, I shall die of boredom. By Richard Bach Clinging Creature Tired Eyes Trust

(Fishing) is as boring as boring gets. And then when it's finally not boring and you have a fish on the line it turns into a crime scene with a wooden club and a crazy amount of hitting. By Holly Goldberg Sloan Fishing Boring Hitting Finally Fish

And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it. By Lord Byron Izaak Walton Vice Quaint Cruel