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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.

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The first men that our Saviour dear
Did choose to wait upon Him here,
Blest fishers were; read more

The first men that our Saviour dear
Did choose to wait upon Him here,
Blest fishers were; and fish the last
Food was, that He on earth did taste:
I therefore strive to follow those,
Whom He to follow Him hath chose.

by William Basse (bas) Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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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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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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To fish in troubled waters.

To fish in troubled waters.

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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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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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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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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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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.

by Dave Barry Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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