Literary Angler Mugs

Mr Briggs's Pleasures of Fishing - No. VIII

Cat and fishing instruction

'Didn't that used to be Sam's Bait Shop?'

A Fisherman Reading About Fishing Whilst Fishing.

'Well, I got a hunting license and a fishing license and by golly I'm going to use them.'

'There. See? Your buddy is OK. Now show us our guy before we make the swap.'

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

'See, Dad. I told you these gummy worms would work.'

The experience angler is prepared for little snags of courses and knows the most scientific way to deal with them.

Fish don't like worms.

"Well no, Ed. Jonah's fish probably wasn't as big as the one you caught in the state fishing tournament."

"You know very well what fish!"

Husband and wife come out of Tunnel of Love, and man is fishing

He collects a wide range of tackle and knows precisely how to use it.

'One's a worm,one's a minnow and one's a cricket.'

'I found a whole bunch of worms in the wheel wells!'

Fishing Holes

'I'll be darn lad when your mail-order waders get here!'

Eternal Battle of Man vs Fish

'I just had to come over...You caught my eye.'

"I'll be back later, dear. I'm going out to build some humility."

'You haven't been practicing your casting, have you?'

'What do you mean fishing is the thinking person's sport? How smart are fish?'

No Fear.

Full use should be made of sea objects put there for your convenience.

A man fishing in a tree stump

'Your fly snapped off three hours ago, young man, but you were casting so beautifully I didn't want to disturb you.'

Man fishing in a tin of fish

Worm coming out from apple on hook.

For successful sea fishing the type of tackle must be appropriate to the kind of fish one wishes to catch.

'...a little higher and to the right.'

Arctic fishing

"Damn! Another one of those slippery ones!"

"If we follow that line to its other end we'll find something tasty!"

'Son, that's not what's meant by fly fishing.'