If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
The doctor didn't want me to play golf anymore and was worried about me fly-fishing. Golf is something I enjoy, but fly-fishing is a different thing: That's religion. Hunting is religion for me. I didn't want to give those up.
Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.
Surfing is my religion, if I have one.
Fly-fishing is really addictive.
Christ's fishermen should not meddle with men's law, for men' s law contains sharp stones and trees by which the net of God is broken, and the fish wend out of the world.
Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
Religion that is contained only within a church building is a weekend hobby, not a personal faith.
There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.
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