To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.
John D. VoelkerMost fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged persistence in wrong methods and general wrong-headedness finally wins the a sort of grudging admiration, if not many fish.
John D. VoelkerThere is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer
John D. VoelkerI fish because I love to . . . because I love the environs where trout are found . . . because I suspect that men are going along this way for the last time, and I for one donโt want to waste the trip . . . and, finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportantโโand not nearly so much fun.
John D. VoelkerThe truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies. They are moody and neglectful and all of them a little daft. Moreover they are inclined to drink too much.
John D. Voelker