The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.
Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.
On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.
I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.
A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.
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.