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“purposes. The late Roderick Haig-Brown said, “Were it not for the strong, quick life of rivers, for their sparkle in the sunshine, for the cold grayness of them under rain and the feel of them about my legs as I set my feet hard down on rocks or sand or gravel, I should fish less often.” Amen.”
― Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers: Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing

“Cézanne, from a letter, after a day of fishing: “All this is easier than painting but it does not lead far.” Not hardly. Not very far at all. Except that this may be precisely where I want it to lead. Let the world lead far—as one should frame it to do; let art last long and lead far and to form. Let a few other human activities lead far, though most of them lead us up a tree or up the asshole of the world. Let fly-fishing be temporary and fleeting and inconsequential. I do not mind.”
― Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers: Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing