“Water, in short, is all. More than anything it is that glinting, tantalising horizontal veil, the surface of water, dividing so absolutely one realm from another, which gives angling its mystery, its magic, its endless speculation”
– The Magic Wheel: An Anthology of Fishing Literature . Editor, with Graham Swift, London, Picador, 1985
“I see too many folks using a pretty repetitive 16-inch pull. And though this still catches plenty of fish, many are the times where something more akin to puppetry of the fly makes the larger and smarter fish come out of the woodwork”
– Frank Smethhurst
“I always fish with better anglers than myself. That way I get to see nice fish being caught”
– Unaccomplished Angler (Blog)
“I want to learn something new every day. And this river gives me a chance to do that. Isn’t it true that you want to learn as much as you can about things you love?”
– Denny Breer
“Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.”
– Yvon Chouinard
