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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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