...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.

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

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

...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.

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

During my addled career as a trout fisherman I have gone on a lot of wild-goose chases, and I ruefully expect to go on a lot more before I hang up my waders

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.