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~
