Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.

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.

Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed.

Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.'

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.

If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.

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.

I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.

It's an odd fact of life that whichever side of the stream you're on, two-thirds of the best water is out of reach on the other side.

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

We can never flee the misery that is within us.

Every pure thought is a glimpse of God.

I don't really listen to any of the gossip.

Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.

Bryl-cream, a little dab will do you.

i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay

At our best, we're all teachers

Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.