The Optimistic Angler Mugs

'Just my luck. I had about a dozen new lures I wanted to try.'

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

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

'Ol' Pete was an angler to the end.'

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

'...the really big ones can be found.'

Death skis towards a man fishing on cracking ice

Fish to angler: 'Nice try, pal, but I know plastic and feathers when I see them!'

Fishing Camp.

Blue Upright

A man ice fishing through a hole in the ice opened using a soda can pull tab.

"It didn't work out in pro fishing. He couldn't even catch fish in a fish farm."

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

'And that's only the size of the fly.'

'If you want me to mount you 22-pound bass you've got to let go of it.'

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

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

'I'm going to like this lake.'

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

One fisher trying to convince another to go home

A man fishing in a tree stump

Jesus fishing and walking on water.

'It took me over 18 hours to get him in the boat, and working 12 jobs to pay to have him mounted.'

'Well, at least they came to church first,'

"We'll do well here... it's where all the fish who get away go."

A man is preoccupied with ice fishing.

"There, but for the grace of Cod..."

Angler to fish coming out of 'Sensitivity Training': 'Okay, next time I'll give you one of those tasty, live nightcrawlers.'

Wordplay: Wishful Thinking.

Fish steals a fisherman's worms.

"I think your personal psychic is a waste of money. She promised us a boatload of fish, and I haven't had a nibble all day."

Fishing from a Fish

'Just remember - they are not always as easy as they look..'

Fisherman catches a 'No Fishing' sign.

Fishing off a watering place. - Perhaps the jolliest thing in the world