Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration.

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these specific moments.

Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.

They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore.

We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who don't know how to clean and fry a fish.