Fin-ly Crafted Quotes Thread. Post 'em if you got 'em.

[RonS]

"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish." --Mark Twain

[Steve H]

"It is not how abundant nor how considerable our catch be, but rather to the sport, and manner in which our quarry, the noble trout is angled." - J.B. Martin

[Travis C.]

"My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things trout as well as eternal salvation came by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy."



"Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it."

Both by Robert Redford
You know the movie.

[icthus]

"I just want a big one."
                              Bill Price

[RonS]

"If the word of good fishing gets out then a river has a tendency to get "loved to death". --Racer X

[Steve H]

"My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things trout as well as eternal salvation came by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy."



"Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it."

Both by Robert Redford
You know the movie.

I believe you mean Norman Maclean 

Robert Redford was just the narrator.

[grumpy]

Sometimes, i just don't pay attention!  Gofisher

Klinkhammer, Caneybuff

Grumpy

[jarrod white]

"Game fish are far too valuable to only be caught once"   Lee Wulff

[adamtn]

I like this one after a tough client, or a bad guide trip:

"Either I suck, you suck, or the fishing sucks.....and i know its not me"

[RonS]

"Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it." -- Ed Zern

[Jack Hise]

Standing in a Trout Stream

"I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!"

Anon

[Steve H]

"I look into... my fly box, and think about all the elements I should consider in choosing the perfect fly: water temperature, what stage of development the bugs are in, what the fish are eating right now. Then I remember what a guide told me: 'Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown and fuzzy and about five-eighths of an inch long."  Allison Moir

[MikeA]

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. ~Charles Darwin.

[Leo deMonbreun]

The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:

'With hurricanes, tornadoes, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

[DriftWooD1]

I heard this one from the back of my Driftboat Monday afternoon

"Put it in your mouth baby....  just one time.....  Put it in your mouth"            ~~Caneybuff