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

– Henry David Thoreau

Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it.

-Unknown

– Harry Middleton

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.

– Doug Larson

A woman who can fish is a woman who can handle anything life throws at her.

-Unknown

Fishing is a way to be at peace with the world and oneself.

-Unknown

In fishing, as in life, opportunity is often a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

—Larry Koller

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

Do not tell fish stories where the people know you. Particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

—Mark Twain