Angling Skills Quotes

A good fisherman can secure many regenerative hours in winter, polishing up the rods and reels.

There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you.

It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.

Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.

Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully but that there will still be more new experiments left for the trial of other men that succeed us.

If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

Anglers who see fish exceptionally well can fish successfully in less productive water than anglers who don't. Fishermen love equipment and are always looking for mechanical advantages, but there is nothing to compare with learning to see well; if you see well enough, you can walk out in the mud with no boat and catch fish.

The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.

Angling is an art, and an art worth your learning.

Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.