Angling Quote Quotes

“People fish because they are searching for something. Often it is not for a fish.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5

“Choosing to become a fly-fisher, or at least committing to being a fly-only angler, makes me feel like I’m washing away the grime from my fishing tackle to reveal the beauty of what lies beneath.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5

“Fly-fishing encourages us to dream – of rose-tinted sunsets and lazy spring days when swallows swoop and the hedgerows are blossomed in brilliant white.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5

“My wife warned me that if ever I bought another fishing rod she would feed it into a garden shredder or, worse, feed in something else that “wouldn’t splinter”.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5

“Asking an angler why he or she needs so many fishing rods is like asking a woman why she has so many pairs of shoes.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5

“Fishing unlocks the primeval hunting gene.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fly Fishing: Fennel's Journal No. 5