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The man that weds for greedy wealth,
He goes a fishing fair,
But often times he gets read more
The man that weds for greedy wealth,
He goes a fishing fair,
But often times he gets a frog,
Or very little share.
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him,
We also go with thee. They read more
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him,
We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship
immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
Of all the world's enjoyments
That ever valued were,
There's none of our employments
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Of all the world's enjoyments
That ever valued were,
There's none of our employments
With fishing can compare.
- Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
After that first trout I was alone in there. But I didn'tknow it until later.
After that first trout I was alone in there. But I didn'tknow it until later.
A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire,
A winder and barrel, will help thy desire
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A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire,
A winder and barrel, will help thy desire
In killing a Pike; but the forked stick,
With a slit and a bladder,--and that other fine trick,
Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck,--
Will kill two for one, if you have any luck;
The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile,
To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile;
When a Pike suns himselfe and a-frogging doth go,
The two-inched hook is better, I know,
Than the ord'nary snaring: but still I must cry,
When the Pike is at home, minde the cookery.
A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other
A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
