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

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.

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

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.