The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.
John D. VoelkerFishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed
John D. VoelkerFly-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.
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 don’t 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 unimportant––and not nearly so much fun.
John D. Voelker