CHILL FISHING
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."
- Doug Larson
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."
- Henry David Thoreau
“The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste.”
- Carlo Petrini
“Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.”
- Ernest Hemingway
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.”
- John Buchan
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
- Aesop
“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.”
- Herbert Hoover
“Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”
- E. W. Howe
“I worry about kids today not having time to build a treehouse or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.”
- John Lasseter
“I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.”
- Rafael Nadal
Read more about Beautiful Fruits, as they relate to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact, including Welcome to a Week of Beautifully Chill, and Wild Chill.
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PHOTO CREDITS:
- Photo: Courtesy of Island Expeditions. Fly fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of Aussie Fly. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of the Resort at Paws Up. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of Gink and Gasoline. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of I Love Fly Fishing. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: by Jon Bowen. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of Expedition Outfitters. Fishing.
- Photo: Courtesy of the Great Escape. Fly Fishing.
- Photo: by Robert Couse-Baker. “Angler.”
- Photo: by Hartwig HKD. “Fisherman’s Friends.”