Author: Don Paglia

Tip #45: “Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls…”                                            Jim Harrison, Just Before Dark, 1991  Some people are more content being on the sidelines as spectators watching others play the […]

Tip #44: “Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one-fourth is land.  It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.”                                                  Chuck Clark A friend once told me of a fond memory from his childhood. Each springtime his […]

Tip #43: “I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout… ”                                 Paul O’Neil Here’s a thought: Our life focus can be within four different categories regarding what we must deal with. There are the: Unimportant and Non-Urgent, Important and Non-urgent, Unimportant and Urgent, And […]

Tip #42: “…trout that doesn’t think two jumps and several runs ahead of the average fisherman is mighty apt to get fried.”                                          Beatrice Cook, Till Fish Do Us Part, 1949 Sam loved to tell about whatever latest thing he was planning to do. He told of each plan always with gusto and conviction. “I’m getting […]

Tip # 41 “…of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy.”                               William Sherwood Fox, Silken Lines and Silver Hooks, 1954 I love a great story. A good storyteller will often use what is called “poet license.” […]

Tip #40: “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”                                                                                                        Steven Wright I’ve never caught deadpan comic Steven Wright with even the slightest grin, let alone have I seen him break into the tiniest chuckle, whenever he’s delivering one of his masterful pearls. But I can imagine […]

Tip #39: “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 In life, we have two choices: To live out of a place of possibility; Or to live out of no possibility.  The fascinating thing is that no […]

Tip #38: “Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend.”                                                    […]

Tip #37: “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”                                                                           Steven Wright I’ve never caught comic Steven Wright with even the slightest grin while he provides us with humorous thoughts, nor have I seen him break into a sly smile as he’s offering his masterful pearls. His […]

Tip #36: “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”                                                                         […]