fishing, n.Definitions

Fishing is about returning to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Fishing is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Fishing is all about the challenge. Anyone can be a fisherman in May.

Fishing is an escape from the modern world. To sit all day under a willow tree beside a quiet pool is to place onself in a time before the war, before radio, before airplanes, before Hitler.

Fishing is about putting the line in the water and not knowing what's down there. Ultimately, what is down there - what is really down there - is nothing but one's imagination.

Fishing is a thing many men do for all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Fishing is best not taught to another man. For if you give a him a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.