There were a few youthful fishing trips, but I never enjoyed the experiences, partly because I didn't like hurting the bait.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death.
I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
I get to fish a lot of wild and wonderful places on tour.
And one thing I can be proud of is we have a 'Come and Try Fishing' day every year. And there's 20 venues throughout the state, and see, these thousands of kids who've never been fishing come along.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
I was a hunter and fisherman, and many a time I have slipped out into the woods and prairies at 4 a.m. and brought home plenty of game, or have gone in a canoe to the cove and brought back a good supply of fresh fish.
When all the routines and details and the human bores get on our nerves, we just yearn to go away from here to somewhere else. To go fishing is a sound, a valid, and an accepted reason for an escape. It requires no explanation.
From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical.
Fly-fishing is really addictive.