Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.
There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.
You can't say enough about fishing. Though the sport of kings, it's just what the deadbeat ordered.
[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.
Anyone can be a fisherman in May.
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
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.
Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.
Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.
If I don't fish in the morning, I fish in the evening.
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
Lake Taupo is on the north island of New Zealand and in the countryside. I absolutely fell in love with it.
In other localities certain places in the streams are much better than others, but at Niagara one place is just as good as another, for the reason that the fish do not bite anywhere.
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've spent as much of my life fishing as decency allowed, and sometimes I don't let even that get in my way.
