He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.

He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.

How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions.

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.