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. 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. VoelkerI listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.
John D. VoelkerOne of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.
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