John Gay Quotes

Or whipping its rough surface for a trout.

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed

I doubt if I shall ever outgrow the excitement bordering on panic which I feel the instant I know I have a strong, unmanageable fish, be it brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat, rainbow, steelhead or salmon on my line.

'Twas merry when You wagered on your angling, when your diver Did hang a salt fish on his hook, which he With fervency drew up.

I have been known to catch sixty trout in one day.

I don't get to fish that much, believe me.

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

The great put the little on the hooke.

Angling is an art, and an art worth your learning.

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite.

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake.

Fishing... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method.

I fished upstream coming ever closer and closer to the narrow staircase of the canyon. Then I went up into it as if I were entering a department store. I caught three trout in the lost and found department.

During my addled career as a trout fisherman I have gone on a lot of wild-goose chases, and I ruefully expect to go on a lot more before I hang up my waders

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.

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

There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the habits of trout and little more about the manner of taking them.

Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up, I'll think them every one an Antony, And say, 'Ah, ha! are caught!'

It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry.

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.