Fly Fishing Sage Gifts

Mr Briggs's Pleasures of Fishing - No. VIII

'Boy, the fish are really biting today, aren't they, Fred?'

'Unbelievable: My cowboy expects me to drop everything and come running when he whistles...'

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

Fly Fishing

Fishermen dread the spot where the lures hang heavy from the trees like Spanish moss.

"For the last time, I’m not Bigfoot — I’m Larry from Vermont!"

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

'Ed missed a nice trout in that hole last week. He takes everything personally.'

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

Of pitting his own wits against their natural cunning

Fishing direction sign.

One way only.

Ice Fly-Fishing with Doug

'Let's see. One dozen red wigglers, two dozen nightcrawlers,three dozen crickets. Want flies with that?'

The Wet Fly Fisherman: He rarely sees his fish until he has hooked it.

The Wet Fly Fisherman: He is less vain about his appearance.

I see you caught the fish, but the boat got away!

"Only caught one, eh."

Fumes from furniture

'Leader shy and angler wise I can put up with - it's the darn insolence that bothers me.'

'I'll tell her all about this when she gets home.'

'Honey, it's your worms of the month delivery!'

"Ralph - you'd play better golf if you had your eyes checked."

'On to the office again?' - 'No, my pro.'

'We're back. So how was your summer?'

The chairman's boat springs a leak: 'Just keep bailing and never mind the wisecracks.'

"You bet I had it mounted, it gave me the best fight of my life."

"Read me back the minutes from the last dip."

The Wet Fly Man is a more active creature.

'Keep a tight line, Ben, keep a tight line!'

"I've done a lot of soul searching, and I've come to the conclusion that I should be thinking less about money and more about naked women."

'How are they biting?'