Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.

Fish in the water represent pure potential. If the water is not clear, we do not know if they exist at all. To get them to bite something connected to a line and pull them into our world is managing a birth that brings these creatures from the realm of mysytery into the world of reality. It is a kind of creation.

All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.

I have learned that I am also a person who has to be able to go fishing whenever I can and for as long as I want to go. It is a silly thing, but there it is.

Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even maturity.

Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the most beautiful way of moving the body between between two points, not the most direct. Fly fishing is to fishing as ballet is to walking.

Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.