La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
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La ligne, avec sa canne, est un long instrument,
Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
Et dont l'autre est tenu par un grand imbecile.

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),

To fish in troubled waters.

To fish in troubled waters.

I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we
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I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we
like it and it makes us think and feel.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Still he fishes that catches one.

Still he fishes that catches one.

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 end of fishing is not angling, but catching.

The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.

Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ;
His wife he cabined with him and his boy,
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Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ;
His wife he cabined with him and his boy,
And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.