"Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.” ― Kenichi Ohmae The same principle applies to fishing. Slow down. Reassess. Try different flies. Exercise stealth....
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"Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.” ― John Gierach Here is something else...
"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Grown-ups who remember the delight of catching their first fish, angle into the sunset...
"If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!” – Bill Walsh If you only teach me how, I will have success in the moment. But if you...
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this ― you haven't.” – Thomas Edison It is the problem fish, the ones that continue to feed even after the box and...
"Remember how long you’ve been putting this off, how many extensions the gods gave you, and you didn’t use them.” – Marcus Aurelius After all, calling in sick to go...
"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” – Mary Oliver Day in the life of an angler: Observe the vicissitudes of the barely visible. Revel...
"In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.” – Kevin Kelly A friend with a boat, a box with the right flies, a...
"You forgive us and we'll forgive you. We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue. And we'll whistle and go fishing in the heavens.” – John Prine There is...
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi There is no time like the present to learn how to...
"What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat...
"People who describe the glass as half full are not delusional optimists…[t]hey are describing reality as it is. The cynic who describes the glass as half empty is focusing their...
