I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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