You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing is good; in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line your pockets.

One of humankind's most enduring misconceptions is that of nature's bounty... the belief that nature is such a powerful force that it is indestructible.

Sharing the fun of fishing turns strangers into friends in a few hours. Whether you sit with native fishermen in their boat and fish with nets and lines or dive under the sea with them - they will lead you to the haunts of the specimens you desire and you could not find yourself in safer and more enjoyable company.

He can't have gone, he said Christ know he can't have gone. He's making a turn. Maybe he has been hooked before and her remembers something of it. The he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy.

There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

All men are equal before fish.

Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet.

Someone just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

In my family, there was no clear division between religion and fly-fishing.

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.

Corned-beef sandwiches were good enough for him, but for the catfish he'd bought at least a pound of filet steak.

Overwork, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

If you cannot catch a fish, do not blame the sea.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.