"If fishing is like religion, then flyfishing is high church." - Tom Brokaw
"To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing." - Robert Traver
"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." - Steven Wright
"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
"Game fish are to valuable to be caught only once" - Lee Wulff
“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.” - Patrick McManus
"To me the indescribable sense of anticipation and mystery in simply going fishing is almost half the fun." - Robert Traver
"Next to prayer, fishing is the most personal relationship of man." - Herbert Hoover
"No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler." - Izaak Walton
"Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up." - Arnold Gingrich
"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt" - Izaak Walton
"My Biggest worry is that when I'm dead and gone, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it." - Koos Brandt
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
"Wherever the trout are, it's beautiful." - Thomas Masaryck
"The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning." - Theodore Gordon
"The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted air." - Theodore Gordon
"The angler forgets most of the fish he catches, but he does not forget the streams and lakes in which they are caught." - Charles K. Fox
"Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job." - Paul Schullery
"The best time to go fishing is when you can get away". - Robert Traver
"The trout do not rise in the cemetery, so you better do your fishing while you are still able." - Sparse Grey Hackle
"The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner." - Arnold Gingrich
"It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this." - W.C. Prime
"Why do people go fishing? Some say they fish to get fish. This is obviously false." - John Randolph
"Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn." - Chuck Clark
"Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths." - Jimmy D Moore
"The best fisherman in the world can't catch them if they aren't there." - Anthony Acerrano
"Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fly fish and he'll move to Montana." - Anonymous
"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." - Tony Blake
"I am not against golf, since I cannot suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout." - Paul O'Neil
"And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." Mark 1:17
