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    The line with its rod is a long instrument whose lesser end holds
    a small reptile, while the other is held by a great fool.
    [Fr., La ligne avec sa canne est un long instrument,
    Dont le plus mince bout tient un petit reptile,
    Et dont Pautre est tenu pau un grand imbecile.]

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The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.

The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.

by Eugene Field Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author 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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They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled.

They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled.

by Richard Grafton Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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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For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught
of the fishes that they had read more

For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught
of the fishes that they had taken:
And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were
partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from
henceforth, thou shalt catch men.

by Bible Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway
Directs the roving trout this fatal way,
He greedily read more

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!

by John Gay Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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.

by George Crabbe Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Barker Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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