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“Carpe Diem” does not mean “fish of the day.”

~Author Unknown

If you’ve got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try to tie on a fly.

~Jack Ohman, Fear of Fly Fishing, 1988

Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

~Author Unknown

My biggest worry is that my wife (when I’m dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.

~Koos Brandt

Scholars have long known that bass fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.  Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher’s salary.

~Patrick F. McManus

Bass fishermen watch Monday night football, drink beer, drive pickup trucks and prefer noisy women with big breasts.  Trout fishermen watch MacNeil-Lehrer, drink white wine, drive foreign cars with passenger-side air bags and hardly think about women at all.  This last characteristic may have something to do with the fact that trout fishermen spend most of the time immersed up to the thighs in ice-cold water.

~Author Unknown