The FlyFish Fanatic

Quite possibly this is the key to fishing: the ability to see glamour in whatever species one may fish for.
Harold Blaisdell, The Philosophical Fisherman (1969)
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Moby nets have been my GoTo nets for many years. The quality of the workmanship is exceptional and to boot, they are VERY nice looking.

Owner, Don Chatwin has hit another home run with his latest product, a C&R Cradle!! This Cradle is not only functional, but is a piece af art at the same time. [...]

The existence of such omniscient giants as he, sentient in the deeps of a great pool, gives glamour to a stream and to all the fishing upon it.
Howard T. Walden II, Upstream and Down (1938)
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I thought this would be GREAT information to share with my readers. I will be attending this, and encourage all of you to join in.
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In the summer of 2008 and 2009, the British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF) fisheries technicians working on the Greater Georgia Basin Steelhead Recovery Plan (GGBSRP) constructed a side-channel alongside [...]

I believe that knowing at least basic survival skills is a must for all fishermen, hunters, and general outdoorsmen. You and you family can feel better about you being out in the middle of nowhere if you are well versed at building a fire, Shelters, basic First Aid, along with other survival skills.
I bought Les [...]

The Fraser River Sockeye Run has been Abysmal over the past few years, and many recreational fishermen have been up in arms about the extremely poor returns of these prized fish.

This year, the estimated returns were in the 10.5 Million fish Range, the actual return was in the 985,000 range, that is only 10% of [...]

I fished a little while ago with a man, not in his first youth, who had wasted the flower of his life on buisness and golf and gardening and motoring and marriage, and had in this way postponed his initiation far too long.
Arthur Ransome, “On Giving Advice to Beginners,” Rod and Line (1929)
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The legand of the trout’s sagacity … arises from man’s conceit. If the trout can outwit us, the lords of creation, he must be superior to us in cunning.
P.B.M. Allan, Trout Heresy (1936)
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