There is an immense trout in Loch Awe in Scotland, which is so voracious, and swallows his own species with such avidity, that he has obtained the name 'Salmo Ferox'. I pull about this unnatural monster till he is tired, land him, and administer the coup de grace. Is this cruel? Cruelty should be made of sterner stuff.

Arnold Gingrich

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Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up. by Arnold Gingrich

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

Arnold Gingrich

standing fishing fun

A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it. by Arnold Gingrich

A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

Arnold Gingrich

fishing sea lakes

Over the years, whenever I've felt that little twinkle in the hairs on the back of my neck., as I encountered an original thought or observation in a fishing book, I've turned the corner of the page down.

Arnold Gingrich

lakes hair book

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner. by Arnold Gingrich

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

Arnold Gingrich

fishing sea lakes

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish. by Arnold Gingrich

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

Arnold Gingrich

important fishing believe

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in si... by Arnold Gingrich

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.

Arnold Gingrich

fishing sea lakes

Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance.

Arnold Gingrich

three fishing sex

About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its box.

Arnold Gingrich

fishing sea lakes

...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us... by Arnold Gingrich

...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us.

Arnold Gingrich

fishing sea lakes