Literary Angler Pillows

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!'

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

Fishing Holes

Eternal Battle of Man vs Fish

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

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

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

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

A man fishing in a tree stump

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

No Fear.

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

Fish Trophies: The One That Got Away.

Man fishing in a tin of fish

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

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

Arctic fishing

"What do you mean, 'Today's Wednesday?!' I thought today was 'Throwback Thursday!'"

"Damn! Another one of those slippery ones!"

Worm coming out from apple on hook.