289 Quotes About Fishing

I could tell you that the flies were Ecdyonurus dispar, or Soumatti meddup, but I’m hopeless at entomology. Conclusion? ‘Little brown things fluttering above the water’.

By 1937, every British trawler had a wireless, electricity, and an echometer - the forerunner of sonar. If getting into fishing had required the kind of capital in past centuries that it cost in the twentieth century, cod would never have built a nation of middle-class, self-made entrepreneurs in New England.

(Fishing) is as boring as boring gets. And then when it's finally not boring and you have a fish on the line it turns into a crime scene with a wooden club and a crazy amount of hitting.

USED TROUT STREAM FOR SALE. MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED.

We were not a crew; we were only here at the same time.

The world of water has a way of perpetuating myths and shrouding lakes in mystery.

In the European Union, the relationship between politicians and the fishing industry has become like that of a doctor assisting the suicide of a patient.

I am an old fashioned angler seeking to fish in a peaceful and relaxing way in traditional surroundings. Other anglers are too noisy, too busy, and catch fish that might break my landing net.

Cormorant fishing:How stirring,How saddening