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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.

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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.

by Richard Brautigan Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a
cord which thou lettest down?
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a
cord which thou lettest down?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through
with a thorn?

by Bible Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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To fish in troubled waters.

To fish in troubled waters.

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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

by Stephen Wright Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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A stick and a string with a fly at one end and a fool at the
other.

A stick and a string with a fly at one end and a fool at the
other.

by Unknown Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series read more

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope

by Herbert Hoover Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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),

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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.

by Bible Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
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For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
His hook was such as heads the end of pole
To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;
This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,--
And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

by Sir William Davenant Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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