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    When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway
    Directs the roving trout this fatal way,
    He greedily sucks in the twining bait,
    And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat.
    Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line!
    How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine!

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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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The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.

The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we
like it and it makes read more

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

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Still he fishes that catches one.

Still he fishes that catches one.

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.

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Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

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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.

by Jeanne Guyet Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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.

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Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

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