Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.

...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a woman's arm protruding from a car window: all one can readily be sure of is that the window is open.