Serenity

"There is certainly something in fishing that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit, a pure serenity of mind."

~by Washington Irving~
 

The Romance–not shared

"All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish."
~by Harold F. Blaisdell, The Philosophical Fisherman, 1969~
 

Church

"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God."

~by Tony Blake~
 

High Church

"If fishing is like religion, then fly-fishing is high church."

~by Tom Brokaw~