Fishing sayings
My favorites...
"There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process". ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
"Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend". ~Zenna Schaffer
"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot". ~Steven Wright
"There are two types of fisherman - those who fish for sport and those who fish for fish".
"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl". ~Ernest Hemingway
"It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming". ~John Steinbeck
"Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish". ~Herbert Hoover
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