Angling Addict Gifts

Fishing Terms: Miller's Thumb

The Games Man: Fishing is his sole form of exercise - but he considers it bad form to move more than his wrist when casting.

Local Knowledge

'You lifted your head.'

'Yessir, Ben us fly fisherman answer to a higher calling.'

'I really don't think mouth-to-mouth wroks on fish, Ben.'

He is familiar with the silent swoop of the evening bat.

Ice fisher.

'Hey! Hey! You need a trout stamp! Where's your trout stamp?!'

"River well stocked this year."

'Is this river good for fish?' - 'Yes, so good the refuse to leave it.'

He can identify a fly taken by a trout at fifty yards range.

Kid to fellow fisherman: 'Why do they stink like fish when they've been bathing this whole time?'

Fisherman Evolution: They have evolved over the years with three distinct species...the largest of these is the coarse fisherman.

"My blood pressure stays fine, Doctor, as long as nothing comes between me and my fishing."

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

Hacking through ice in order to fish

Man fishing with large bait

Reverse psychology

'I can't figure out why I keep getting wind knots.'

Couple of Pikeys.

Fish swimming by fishermen's feet - 'This looks like a safe place.'

Man to other about fish on wall: Heh - I use that size fish for bait!'

'Check out the old dude.'

Man falls in water Title: 'Willis was always an overachiever.'

Fishing from the Pier

"Touché"

'Don't bite. They're trolling again.'

'Wow, how did you catch something smaller than the bait you were using?'

Fly fishing.

'I'll never let my love of fishing come between us.'

Kissing the Fish

Of pitting his own wits against their natural cunning

The Games Man: He spends many hours studying minute aquatic flies...which his trout very rarely eat.

Two vending machines for fisherman: 'Live Bait' next to 'Dead as a Doornail Bait'