A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.

About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its box.

...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us.

I can tell the difference between the acts of a man and the acts of God. That's why I still believe. I could always tell the difference.

Do not be disappointed if no one appreciates your true feelings, because they do not deserve them.

In my card catalogue, the Dewey Decimal System had placed him firmly under Ancient History.

Even the people who once fought for others tend to get weak and eventually "give up" and lose interest in the worth of fighting any longer.

I have a good relationship with Lifetime.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.

The total number of minds in the universe is one.

Too excited to be genuinely happy

Picking the team isn't difficult, it's who to leave out.

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.