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overthehill

10/29/2014 07:49PM

"The gods do not subtract from men's lives the hours spent fishing."

quoted from a 4,000 year old Assyrian tablet.

Not to Hurry-Not to Worry

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shock

10/29/2014 08:57PM

i have heard that before but i'm not sure where ? maybe in 1 of my previous lives ?

keep your line wet, good things will happen

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joetrain

10/30/2014 07:09AM

If that's true I just added a month to my life ,I have fished everyday since I retired. ~JOE~

a dio sia la gloria

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QueticoMike

10/30/2014 08:07AM

I'm going to live forever :)I sure hope there is a river in heaven!

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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Arlo Pankook

10/30/2014 09:48AM

If only the gods did not subtract from men's wallets the $$ spent fishing!

All Rapalas that wander are not lost.

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Savage Voyageur

10/30/2014 02:40PM

Saw this one time, there are many reasons to fish, catching fish is just one of them. Another one , A Fisherman, a jerk on one end followed by a jerk on the other.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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thebotanyguy

10/30/2014 03:03PM

It's better to be fishing and thinking about God, than to be in church and thinking about fishing.

"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"

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BearRaid

11/04/2014 11:40AM

My wife says if I go fishing one more time she is leaving me - Darn I am going to miss her!

Dave G.

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QueticoMike

11/04/2014 12:00PM

I have a sign hanging next to my backdoor.... Fishing is not a matter of life or death, it's more important than that! :)

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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Nathanha

11/04/2014 12:03PM

quote Arlo Pankook: "If only the gods did not subtract from men's wallets the $$ spent fishing!"

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bloody stump

11/04/2014 12:41PM

I always like that quote botanyguy.

may not be ancient, but words of wisdom told to me by a coworker who frequented the bw

"...always fish the pinch"

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Basspro69