Month: May 2009

Nine more fishing quotes and sayings – May 31, 2009

Just uploaded 9 more fishing quotes and sayings, for your undoubted enjoyment, interest and education – Numbers 812 – 820

My pick:

Under the conditions then prevailing – the thermometer recording 97 degrees in the shade, the stream at its lowest point, and the temperature of the water very high – I really believe that the only chance he might have had would have been with a very ‘wet’ Mint Julep.

– George M. L. La Branche “The Dry Fly and Fast Water” 1914

Now there is a man I could fish with – a realist!

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The fishing quotes just keep coming – May 9, 2009

5 more fishy quotes for your undoubted edification, 801 to 805.

My pick from the new quotes?

β€œI object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.”
– Ted Williams

I happen to agree with the above quote – I have enough trouble competing with a fish – let alone competitive fishermen. In fact a few years ago now I did an article on this subject for the New Zealand Fisherman Magazine. Got a good deal of correspondence flowing back and forth. You can read it here.

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