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John Gierach Quotes: "I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution."

I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.



John Gierach Quotes: "Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed."

Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.




John Gierach Quotes: "Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'"

Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'



John Gierach Quotes: "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.




John Gierach Quotes: "If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong."

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.



John Gierach Quotes: "The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them."

The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.



John Gierach Quotes: "I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm."

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.




John Gierach Quotes: "It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side."

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.



John Gierach Quotes: "Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip."

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.



John Gierach Quotes: "Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think"

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think



John Gierach Quotes: "Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly."

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 Quotes: "Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions."

Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.




John Gierach Quotes: "Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. By all rights they shouldn't exist, but if some people have them, then you'd better have one, too, just in case."

Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. By all rights they shouldn't exist, but if some people have them, then you'd better have one, too, just in case.



John Gierach Quotes: "Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these specific moments."

Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these specific moments.



John Gierach Quotes: "I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them."

I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them.



John Gierach Quotes: "Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement."

Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement.



John Gierach Quotes: "Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration."

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration.



John Gierach Quotes: "We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who don't know how to clean and fry a fish."

We do have to think seriously about conservation now, although it is chilling to realize there are catch-and-release fishermen alive today who don't know how to clean and fry a fish.



John Gierach Quotes: "The things fishermen know about trout aren't facts but articles of faith."

The things fishermen know about trout aren't facts but articles of faith.



John Gierach Quotes: "Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature."

Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.



John Gierach Quotes: "Okay, I'm in the tampon aisle, but I don't see it."

Okay, I'm in the tampon aisle, but I don't see it.