Grab A Chance And You Won't Be

You Write Not For Children But For Yourself. And If By Good Fortune Children Enjoy What You Enjoy, Why Then You Are A Writer Of Children's Books.

...next To The Pleasure Of Reading A Favourite Fishing Book Comes That Of Persuading A Friend To Read It Too.

The Desire To Build A House Is The Tired Wish Of A Man Content Thenceforward With A Single Anchorage. The Desire To Build A Boat Is The Desire Of Youth, Unwilling Yet To Accept The Idea Of A Final Resting Place.

Grab A Chance And You Won't Be Sorry For A Might-have-been.

I Fished A Little While Ago With A Man, Not In His First Youth, Who Had Wasted The Flower Of His Life On Business And Golf And Gardening And Motoring And Marriage, And Had In This Way Postponed His Initiation (to Fly Fishing) Far Too Long.