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FISHING QUOTES.
My hook is baited with a dream, I fish for peace
-- Robert Service
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Whoever said 'Even a bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work' never had their boat sink.
-- Unknown
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'Carpe Diem' does not mean 'fish of the day'.
-- Unknown
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The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses
-- Unknown
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Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.
-- John Gierach
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I think a lot of us fish day after day as much for what could happen as for what actually does happen.
-- John Gierach
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Any time a man ain't fishin' he's frittering his life away.
-- Patrick F. McManus
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Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land.
-- Irish Proverb
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If you wanted a fish that could sip wine and discuss Italian poetry, you'd look for a trout. If you needed a ditch dug, you'd hire a carp.
-- John Gierach
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I mean, it's just fishing, and the best the big non-angling world can say about any of us is that we're harmless.
-- John Gierach
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Fishing is one of the few ways I know of to let go of the past, forget about the future, and live in the moment.
-- John Gierach
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If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.
-- John Gierach
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I don't know exactly what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know.
-- John Gierach
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To capture the fish is not all of the fishing.
-- Zane Grey
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Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.
-Unknown
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If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to be greeted by the best catch of his life.
-Unknown
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Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.
-- Ed Zern
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Of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy.
-- William Sherwood Fox
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