Ed Zern Quotes

#1. I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with fishermen to get the taste of it out of my mouth.

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#2. Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fisherman in half, each half will grow into a complete fisherman. For which we should all be eternally grateful.

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#3. I don't regard nature as a spectator sport.

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#4. There are few things deader than a dead brown trout stream.

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#5. The best time to go fishing is when you can

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#6. Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen ...

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#7. It takes several years of serious fishing before a man learns enough to go through a whole season with an unblemished record of physical and spiritual anguish.

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#8. Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

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#9. The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells

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#10. People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing.

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#11. Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off.

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#12. It is easy to tell tourists from tarpon. Tarpon have a narrow, bony plate inside the mouth of their lower jaw. Tourists have both upper and lower plates.

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#13. The truth is, fish have very little sex life. If you have ever tried to make love under water, you will know why.

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#14. I don't mind my hand shaking so much; it improves my S cast.

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