Angling Apprentice Gifts

Parents fishing with son in playpen.

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.'

"Hi-yah!"

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

Ice fisher.

"River well stocked this year."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

"Touché"

'Check out the old dude.'

Fishing from the Pier

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

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

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

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

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

Fly fishing.

Kissing the Fish

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

Of pitting his own wits against their natural cunning

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

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