Good old angling quotes

[D3Smartie]

From “A River Runs Through It“ by Norman Maclean:

“Eventually, all things merge into one and a river flows through it.

”I am haunted by waters”

Like Maclean, the older I get I am haunted by memories which, like the waters, run deep. The waters have always been a part of my life and are inextricately linked in my mind, both good and bad. Eventually, they all merge into our being.

A favorite of mine no doubt... I just like to add the rest of it

Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

 

[Zak]

Nick’s heart tightened as the trout moved. He felt all the old feeling. - Nick Adams Stories - Hemingway

That's the book of Hemingway fishing stories that I couldn't remember the name of, thanks!

 

[D3Smartie]

That's the book of Hemingway fishing stories that I couldn't remember the name of, thanks!

It was my dad's favorite so i read it a lot growing up. For some reason, having never been there, I can still picture in my mind Nick cresting a hill and seeing the big river snaking through the trees in the distance. Might have to go give it a read tonight!

 

[LeoCreek]

"You had to be a plumber to fish that creek."

-- Richard Brautigan
-- Trout Fishing in America

 

[cingras53]

"It's time to call in the dogs and piss on the fire"
Bucky Sterns
-Neversink River 9:30 pm

 

[Snopro]

 

[Jim Ficklin]

2 more that I've said or heard:

"Damn it!!!"

"Sh**! I forgot my (insert: license/waders/reel/rod/fly boxes/fins/sunglasses/rain coat/net/extra spool/lanyard/vest/pack/etc. here)" . . .

 

[_WW_]

"If you can't catch 'em with a woolly bugger, they can't be caught! " - One of my fishin' buddies.

"It's the worst I've ever seen it!" - Same buddy if you ask him about the fishing.

 

[KillerDave]

You can't buy a good cast.

I've never lost a small fish.

 

[Zak]

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."

 

[PhilR]

McManus: even a fish stick once knew the glories of the deep

 

[CreekScrambler]

A couple from Gierach's Good Flies:

Every time I thumb through Good Flies, I’m convinced I should pour a beer for Gierach to go along with the beer I just poured for myself. That book is a cover-to-cover treatise on good fishing vibes.

 

[vader]

Surprised have not seen this one or maybe I missed it, "Never leave fish to find fish"

 

[Zak]

"You had to be a plumber to fish that creek."

-- Richard Brautigan
-- Trout Fishing in America

That was such a strange book.

 

[Dave Boyle]

“That’ll never work”

“Looks Ok to me...”

One ended in a madly great day, the other in pain and near death.

Dave