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.
Thomas McGuaneAn undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.
Thomas McGuaneFishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.
Thomas McGuaneI'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness.
Thomas McGuane