13 quotes
"Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip."
- John Gierach
Awareness
"Things fishermen know about Trout aren't facts, but articles of faith."
- John Gierach
Belief
"The solution to any problem—work, love, money, whatever—is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."
- John Gierach
Courage
"The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."
- John Gierach
Courage
"The solution to any problem -- work, love, money, whatever -- is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."
- John Gierach
Healing
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."
- John Gierach
Inner Peace
"The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead, they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them."
- John Gierach
Learning from Mistakes
"The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them."
- John Gierach
Learning from Mistakes
"Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on that statement."
- John Gierach
Wisdom
"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
Adaptation
"I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."
- John Gierach
Simplicity
"If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong."
- John Gierach
Boldness
"I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution."
- John Gierach
Independence