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

Okay, I'm in the tampon aisle, but I don't see it.

I necessarily fear change except that it's so seldom for the better. It's just that I can live with any number of things going straight to hell as long as these streams continue to hold up. If this amounts to living in a fool's paradise, don't waste your time trying to explain that to the fool.

Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.

Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.

Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement.

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.