I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

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.

Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.

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

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

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