Quotes by Fishing There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea. Herman Melville fishing sea men Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook. Henry Ward Beecher hunting fishing men Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps. Henry David Thoreau fishing men order There was a code, and though it was mostly unspoken, I absorbed it early on. You always put all the trout back in the water alive except for a few to eat. You didn't count your trout or call attention to their size or weight. You took time to watch and enjoy seeing your partners catch trout. Howard Frank Mosher size fishing water Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. Henry David Thoreau fishing men science For me, fishing and journalism touched the same places in my head. In comparison with that of poets, the fly fishers' and the journalists' experiences are probably pale flavors, but they carry nonetheless a hint of ambrosia. Howell Raines flavor hints fishing Every time I go to sleep, I know I may never wake up. How could anyone expect to? You drop your tiny, helpless mind into a bottomless well, crossing your fingers and hoping when you pull it out on its flimsy fishing wire it hasn't been gnawed to bones by nameless beasts below. Isaac Marion fishing mind sleep 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 fishing sea lakes No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler. Izaak Walton fishing sea lakes O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? Izaak Walton fishing doubt art Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. Izaak Walton learning fishing math I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. Izaak Walton business fishing gone Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so. Izaak Walton born fishing men Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling. Izaak Walton hate fishing blessing Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself. Izaak Walton fishing sea lakes I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. Izaak Walton fishing rivers conversation You cannot lose what you never had. Izaak Walton fishing sea rivers This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men. Izaak Walton fishing rivers men [T]is not all fishing to fish. Izaak Walton fishes fishing And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. Izaak Walton fly-fishing fishing winter «4567891011121314»