The inspirational fishing quote thread...

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The fly fishing world is full of amazing writing. Who among us hasn't heard of names like Gierach, Haig-Brown, Duncan, Maclean, and so on. We even offer awards and recognition for it yearly. We have in-person reading events. The printed words created by fly fishing have touched and inspired us for generations.

...and we also have a bunch of smartasses who wave a fly line around and know how to use photoshop.

So given those two resources at hand, share your best fishing quotes.



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"Here's the deal. Whether I'm swingin' or I'm rippin' 80 foot hollywoods into pocket waters and pullin' Bigs with ease, thing you need to understand is its WITH EASE!!! I ALWAYS COMPETE!!! I remain relevant. WITH EASE!! Y'either great or y'aint and I'M GREAT!!! Here's the deal!!!"

-Jim Travers
 
"Suck Less, Thanks."

--Brad Bohen



he may not be the originator, but that's where I first heard it....always makes me chuckle.
 
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Jason Yelverton on Instagram: "The pursuit starts early… very, very early… #flyfishing #catchandrelease #fishingreel ##flyfishingjunkie #rainbowtrout #troutonthefly #fishinglife #river #pursuitofhappiness #pnw #flyfishingaddict #flyfishinglife #flyf

Jason Yelverton shared a post on Instagram: "The pursuit starts early… very, very early… #flyfishing #catchandrelease #fishingreel ##flyfishingjunkie #rainbowtrout #troutonthefly #fishinglife #river #pursuitofhappiness #pnw #flyfishingaddict #flyfishinglife #flyfishingphotography...
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Response from an old Finlander after Dad inquired as to what he was " . . . catching them on . . . ":

"Hooks."
 
I have this quote one as my email auto-sig at work... I just whipped up this meme using a picture from the internet.Hope.jpg
 
“There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit a creature with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting whipped in the process.” ~Paul O'Neil, 1965


“ If a fish wants my fly, they can come up to it. I don’t want a lazy fish.” - author unknown
 
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Walton shares with his readers the words of Sir Henry Wotton, a Provost of Eton College in the early 1600’s, who was:

…a most dear lover, and frequent practiser, of the art of Angling; of which he would say, ‘’T was an employment for his idle time, which was not then idly spent:’ for Angling was, after tedious study, ‘a time to rest his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;’ and ‘that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practiced it.’​
 
A couple from Gierach's Good Flies:

"I've decided that many of the fine points of fly tying are lost on the fish."

"Lots of different flies began to look like insurance policies against getting skunked, but then there were still those guys with white hair sticking out from beneath dented cowboy hats who could fish a Size 12 Rio Grande King through a hatch of No. 22 Blue-Winged Olives and catch trout. They reminded me of mountain lions: I didn't see them often, but when I did they made a big impression."
 
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