We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity's demand upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a river-keeper, a steward of marine shallows, a watchman on the high seas. We are beyond having to put back what we have taken out. We must put back more than we take out.

Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.

My life was the best omelette you could make with a chainsaw

An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.

The mountains paralleled the valley and the snowy peaks were extending with fall to the valley floor.