Top 8 Quotes by Joseph Monninger

I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a lot of time outdoors.

I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a lot of time outdoors.

Joseph Monninger

Beautiful, Rivers, Bakers

Joseph Monninger (2010). “Eternal on the Water”, p.353, Simon and Schuster

I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of the time, which means we persevere in a sport that features failure as its main ingredient. Truly great days, when the fish hammer the fly as soon as it lands on the water are rare.

Joseph Monninger

Sports, Mean, Makeup

I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.

Joseph Monninger

Fishing, Trout, Loses

When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.

Joseph Monninger

Swim, Trout, Doe

As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.

Joseph Monninger

Community, Would Be, Moved

Joseph Monninger (2011). “The World As We Know It”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.

Joseph Monninger

Reading, Fishing, Hiking

I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself

Joseph Monninger

Fishing, Rivers, Lakes