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

Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

Fly-fishing for wild trout on quiet waters must be one of the toughest and craziest ways to catch fish ever invented by man, as well as among the most frustrating and humiliating.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

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

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.