- British Columbia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fishing Quotes
Quotes from riverbanks, boats, and quiet water.
These fishing quotes lean on genuine memory: long conversations by the water with an old friend, childhood summers spent at Irish farms, and the pull of salmon runs in Alaska where a log cabin beats a crowded resort. The mood throughout is unhurried rather than competitive.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Handsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bunch of them into a corral, you found they did not look half so large and handsome as when they were first sighted on the prairie.
- Not Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not perfect and I know it. I've done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days - big-game hunting, fishing. I still enjoy fishing but I don't kill warm-blooded animals any more - I make an exception with birds sometimes.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was all that about, Smith? It's fine, just get on with it.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like Alaska for the salmon fishing - it's fantastic there. I usually stay in a log cabin with no one around for miles. I like to go with friends, but I'm also happy to be on my own with nature.
- Farms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always went to Ireland as a child. I remember trips to Dundalk, Wexford, Cork and Dublin. My gran was born in Dublin, and we had a lot of Irish friends, so we'd stay on their farms and go fishing. They were fantastic holidays - being outdoors all day and coming home to a really warm welcome in the evenings.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't really grow up watching a lot of films. I grew up in the middle of Texas in a very rural area, so we were always outside fishing or playing a sport - we were never in front of a TV watching films.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went where the boys in the family went. We would shoot basketball. We would shoot guns. We'd play cards. We'd go fishing at the pond.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020