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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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Best fishing in troubled waters.

Best fishing in troubled waters.

by Sir John Harrington Found in: Fishing Quotes,
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Still he fishes that catches one.

Still he fishes that catches one.

by Thomas Fuller 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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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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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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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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To fish in troubled waters.

To fish in troubled waters.

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As the lone Angler, patient man,
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
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As the lone Angler, patient man,
At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,
Leaves off, against his placid wish,
Impaling worms to torture fish.

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