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

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.

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

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

The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.

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