Author Topic: Tell Us a Few of Your Favourite Fly Fishing Quotes... (Read 532 times)

Todd Oishi · « **on:** February 04, 2010, 07:29:00 PM »

"The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning; no matter how long we have been at it, we are constantly making some fresh discovery, picking up some new wrinkle. If we become conceited through great success, some day the trout will take us down a peg."

~by Theodore Gordon-1907~

"If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong."

~by John Gierach~

Jordan Ewing · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:10:42 PM »

"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best

"Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish." ~Timothy Jones

"The best way to a fisherman's heart is through his fly." ~Author Unknown

"Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job." ~Paul Schullery

"Though I still have a lifetime of learning in front of me, I have to say that in this world of chaos fly fishing is the only thing I will truly ever understand. Within this. there are a few things I know to be true in fly fishing. There are no rules; only laws and ethics. Beyond this, a fly fisherman's only true constraints are self-imposed. I've learned that time does not exist in fly shops, and that there are only two types of fly fisherman. Those who make it a lifestyle, and those who wish they could." From I have a fly fishing addiction

Don Strandberg · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2010, 05:57:04 PM »

My biggest fear in life is.
When I die.
My wife will sell my fishing equipment.
For what I told her. I bought it for.
Unknown?

Chris Smorul · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2010, 11:26:44 AM »

"A trout is a thing of beauty known only to those who seek it"

~by John Gierach~

Robbie Bell · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:13:45 AM »

Hi There,

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day"

"Teach a man to fish and you get the weekend to yourself"

Any long suffering wife.

Best Regards

robbie

samhall · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2010, 10:38:46 AM »

I am trying to apply this to my everyday existence including fishing...

Quote

I believe the way toward mastery of any endeavor is to work towards simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work and skill. Consume less, consume better

Yvon Chouinard

Loren Williams · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:53:33 PM »

"F*#$!!!!!!!!....*several rod slaps on the water surface*"

-many, many, many past (and future) steelhead clients

It's a tough situation when it happens, but steelhead do that to you and that is why I love them