One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.

There is a lot of amiable fantasy written about trout fishing, but the truth is that few men know much if anything about the habits of trout and little more about the manner of taking them.

I swear I won't touch you even with a finger until you ask me yourself.

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

I'm on the verge of suicide, so what's murder?

I spend most of my free time under the house.

The great difference between the two feelings is that love is always creative, and fear is always destructive.

People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

I'm just a proud papa and it's nice to get that validation from my colleagues in the industry. You get up, you pull your pants down and you're like, "Here it is!"

I bought a dress a few years ago for £2,500. It was outrageous and not the kind of money you want to be spending. I had a mad moment that day.

A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle.