Then I remember what a guide told me: 'Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown and fuzzy and about five-eighths of an inch long." my fly box, and think about all the elements I should consider in choosing the perfect fly: water temperature, what stage of development the bugs are in, what the fish are eating right now. "I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water." William Humphrey in "The Armchair Angler" "The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line." Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary" "Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. "The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so that I could afford to hunt and fish." "Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish." "It is not how abundant nor how considerable our catch be, but rather to the sport, and manner in which our quarry, the noble trout is angled." "I frankly don't make much of a living, but I make a hell of a life" ![]() "Be patient and calm - for no one can catch fish in anger." "If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong."
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