There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.

Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a
trout in the milk.

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a
trout in the milk.

And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well read more

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal
salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not
come easy.

And angling too, that solitary vice,
What Izaak Walton sings or says:
The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, read more

And angling too, that solitary vice,
What Izaak Walton sings or says:
The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet
Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.

For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.

For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.

Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with
tickling.

Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with
tickling.