The inspirational fishing quote thread...

[Merle]

Another one I really like on fly tying...

 

[Billy]

 

[clarkman]

This one is for @PhilR ,

Whelp, I guess that's why they call it fishin', and not catchin'

 

[Xoxo]

Ok Jojo, pull out your book of quotes you are keeping on me. Right now I'm running on empty.

Haha! Here are two @Old Man :

 

[Xoxo]

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."

Another quote from Gierach that i wrote down in my fishing diary i used to keep from way back….

 

[NukeLDO]

Some of the best opening sentences in any book I have ever read:
"The river is fed by the sky. It runs over a bed of shattered mountains, through dreams of a great forest and into the mouths of ancient fishes."
River of the Angry Moon, Mark Hume.

 

[Dan Page]

 

[Lue Taylor]

It's not good to hold farts in they run up your spine to your brain that's where shitty ideas come from.

 

[Jacob Watrous]

"Essentially, fly tying is the art of attaching feathers, fur, wool, and silk to a tiny hook to create artificial lures that imitate insects, a skill easily mastered by anyone who can peel a grape blindfolded with a pair of tweezers and a butter knife while wearing oven mitts." Robert Traver

"I miss the old days when crystal rivers flowed with heavy metals and pollutants and I had the whole place to myself. Such a shame how the youths have taken our advice and found peace in the outdoors." Author Unknown

 

[Rob Allen]

"Most fishing guides claim to know more about fly fishing than there is to be known about fly fishing."

Rob Allen. 2016.



Is it in poor taste to quote yourself?

 

[Herkileez]

" Ooooh....Why is my line going around in a circle ?" - my wife

 

[bobduck]

I heard this on the D one day. A gal was yelling to her husband. She said, my fly got caught on my thingy. To which he replied. Which thingy?

 

[Josh]

 

[Evan B]

 

[Evan B]

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Replace "call a bead rig fly fishing" with "use papyrus font" and you can quote me on that

 

[Josh]

Replace "call a bead rig fly fishing" with "use papyrus font" and you can quote me on that

I knew you'd like that.

 

[Tom H]

All fishermen are liars, except you and me, and I'm not too sure about you

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

"There is no such thing as a juvenile delinquent behind a fishing pole".....This was a popular anti drug slogan when I was a teenager. Oh, how we would laugh and laugh as we quoted that slogan while fishing.

 

[ABITNF]

Q: What are you fishing for?
A: Because my wife hates me.