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"It's a once in a lifetime thing and for me, without a shadow of doubt, it's my finest moment in angling."
"Float fishing is a style of angling which is productive and equally enjoyable."
"The loop supports the hook bait, preventing it from popping off."
"For the angler that can embrace this Urban scene, London's one hell of a playground."
"Good angling is what you do to set the situation right."
"Actually my view is however people want to come into the sport we should try and embrace them in the style of fishing they want to do."
"Angling deserves a proper representative governing body and a proper voice and it's not right that there are big issues where we haven't got that."
"I think the thing that I did different was I tried to explain every decision so as an angler I know what we're like we want to know why you're doing that why have you done that talk to me about it."
"Consistency, whether it's in baiting or fishing, is really important. But it's not always about quantity; it's about letting the carp tell you where they want to eat."
"It creates a graph that you can mentally build up in your mind to allow you to manage your swim and get the most out of it."
"And that's what angling is really all about, isn't it?"
"If you find yourself in a rut with your angling where you're not enjoying it anymore, evaluate what are the issues why are you not enjoying it because the reason that we do it is for enjoyment."
"I always say that if you judge your angling in pounds and ounces then you're missing a great journey along the way."
"We don't get through sponsored anglers; once we've got a sponsored angler, they tend to stay."
"The level of angling techniques and tackle has evolved to such a degree."
"His little fishing book filled with recipes, poems, music scores, etchings, and general musings from the heart of a pastoral fantasy is one of the first works to equate the angling experience with the spiritual."
"24 hours, one angler, one venue, who do you choose? You."
"I've been an angler for over 30 years and I've caught cut from what as far and wide big and small for me it doesn't matter where as long as a challenge is exciting and inspiring."
"I don't think there's been an angler that has excelled in both. I think Dez has done the best because he's done well in the England team but he's never won it and I always knew Dez was good enough to do it but he's won three part deans and about four million festivals."
"Less than two pounds separates third place from sixth. There's still time for any angler to make a push and claim their spot in the championship round."
"It's no wonder that some of the best anglers have come out to fish for England and cut their teeth on venues like this."
"I get a lot of questions all the time, you know, High School Anglers, College Anglers, you name it."
"If more Anglers respected the environment, maybe we wouldn't have so many problems."
"That's how I've got to describe it, you know, feeling that my depth is I feel like I'm challenging and pushing myself as an angler, and for me, that's really important."
"I've been fishing professionally for over 25 years and I want to share the experiences both the successes and the failures with you to make you a better angler."
"Unless you're breaking off like I did today on some really gnarly docks, you're not going to have to mess with the lure that often."
"Imperative that you make the right choice if you're to enjoy your angling in the colder months."
"Rick Clunn at age 60 just a month. You know he's a legend."
"Unbelievable angling, off the chain!"
"There's a little transition period here between rock and sand and we're going to see if we can't catch those fish as they come up to that dam to feed."
"It is the greatest day in professional angling championship Sunday here at the Academy Sports and Outdoors Bassmaster Classic."
"An unbelievable morning for Stetson Blaylock, went out in sixth place this morning, three pounds 11 ounces behind the leader, and now everybody is chasing him with a five-pound lead."
"Every year you learn more, you progress as an angler."
"If you're a young angler and you want to grow your brand, this is a platform to grow it in."
"It still boils down to an angler's ability to determine what the target species will bite on."
"One thing about Michigan Anglers, whether soft water or hard, they will find a way."
"So yeah, keeping motivated, variety keeps me motivated. Variety of angling experience."
"A major tip on locating white bass is you want to find rivers and creeks that come off the northern and western side of your lakes."
"When you're trying to grow as an angler, it's always great to fish with someone who brings out the best in you."
"Naturally, anytime you fish with somebody that's really competitive and you're competitive yourself, it's going to bring out that competitive nature in both of you."
"If you want to know how the best anglers always seem to find fish stay on fish and be in the right place at the right time don't ask them just look at the name on the side of their boat."
"Utilizing my experience, utilizing my time on the water, evolving as an angler and that evolution should never stop."
"There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit a pure Serenity of mind."
"Master anglers don't rely on luck; they make things happen even in the toughest conditions."
"Like a master angler, you can use the formula for success to put it all together."
"With the coming of spring, warming water draws bass into the shallows to feed and spawn, making it the perfect time of the year for both fish and the fishermen."
"With the help of some of America's greatest anglers, we will share with you several effective new fishing techniques as well as methods proven by the test of time."
"I might just get lucky and hook into a decent-sized pollock."
"It's got all the attributes for a damn fine fish, really."
"It's a race to the championship and only the top 40 anglers will qualify."
"I've been able to cast really long distances and connect with some fish."
"It's an elite group of anglers that win the championship and do it twice."
"To be the best one shallow angler that you can be, you have to incorporate both into your fishing."
"We're confident the tactics work, fish are feeding."
"This technology has definitely made it easier for Anglers to find and stay on top of those offshore fish."
"You still have to catch the fish, you still have to present the right bait to them."
"We are talking now about the future generation of angling."
"Anglers are battling it out for this year's Trophy and £50,000."
"One of, if not the best, weedless swimbait ever made is this guy right here, the working class zero citizen."
"The 746 CB, I think it's going to be a really good rod for us."
"Wind can be really beneficial for an angler."
"It's the ultimate event if you're an angler."
"One of the greatest angling experiences of my life."
"No angler has ever won Fish-O-Mania three times until now."
"He's trying to hide his excitement, but this man is an absolute angling legend."
"Fresh bait is vital in today's highly pressured fisheries."
"Top water poppers can be one of the most effective tools available for finding and catching aggressive bull gills."
"It's been a bounce-back year for Davie Hite including winning the Horizon Award this year for the most improved angler."
"If you haven't thrown hair, you need to pick some up and give it a try this year; it will put more fish in the boat."
"Good for the wild fish, good for the hatchery fish, good for the angler, it's a beautiful mix."
"Every top angler's got grit, subsurface vision, and they almost think in three dimensions."
"It turns out it's not a difficult thing to do, and it helps you really adjust your assist hook to the jig you're using, to the fish you're targeting."
"If you're a frugal angler like myself, or you really like to customize your tackle to the jig and to your fishery, this is the way to go."
"Post spawn, I'll add a punch skirt. It seems to trigger better strikes."
"Crankbait design has actually changed very little... if you think about a bait that is 105 years old, this thing could catch a bass today."
"The traveling steelhead addict is a rare breed of angler that possesses many interesting yet necessary traits."
"Brook trout are a native fish in North America and they are a special fish to many anglers because of their color and the waters they inhabit."
"Truly wondrous, a thing of angling dreams."
"That is the essence of why I love Atlantic salmon angling so much."
"It's unlike any other bait that I've fished with and it is magical for getting fish to commit."
"Angling is a force for good, a beneficial activity with multiple benefits in terms of mental health, social development, and of course, it teaches a lot of people about the importance of having a clean and healthy environment."
"You really get to see those anglers break down and adapt to the situations as they change."
"He's probably caught more smallmouth in his four days of competition than the other 99 pros combined."
"Soft plastics are a fantastic way to catch fish whether you're actually visibly fishing for them or just fishing targets."
"These tournament organizations now are paying attention to what is best for the anglers."
"It's the descend or the pause that gets the fish to commit."
"I knew John was probably one of the best anglers I ever met at that point."
"The great thing about angling is that it's a completely simple activity and you don't have to think about anything else."
"Now that's the only information we had as catfishermen back then, talking about big catfish, how to catch big catfish, where big catfish were swimming."
"What a fantastic angler this man is, former world champion of course."
"For Ted Williams, the Atlantic salmon represents nobility of the highest rank."
"The Tarpin might be a better fighter, the Bone Fish a faster swimmer, but for all things combined, there is no better opponent for the consummate angler than the Atlantic salmon."
"Being a professional angler is very very hard to make a living."
"It's the biggest prize in angling history, and it's happening right here at Mallory Park in the heart of England."
"Winner takes all in Fishermania 1994."
"The potential to inspire another angler, that keeps me going."
"It's going to benefit anglers, especially those that really value catching large sunfish."
"Once the lair of pirates, Walker's has been a major port of call for the big game angler."
"Our guide is an angling champion, teacher, and official keeper of the chronicles."
"This not only reduces extraneous noise to channel key information to the Angler's hands but tames excess vibration for a quicker blank recovery rate and reduced angler fatigue."
"It's super sensitive, I mean you guys are going to feel everything."
"My top choices are really long marabou jigs, if you can get an articulated marabou jig, that's probably my favorite."
"Covering water with a top water is an awesome way to go."
"So this carp fishing setup will pretty much do you for most angling situations."
"He wanted to be the complete angler, with not only the skills and experience but the knowledge of how life in the sea works."
"Match the hatch, that's a term that I've heard for decades and decades."
"The elite 50 is the top 50 anglers in the sport of bass fishing."
"Successful walleye anglers are constantly adapting to changing conditions."
"I've always done better on a hookbait that's been tipped with a little bright one."
"This is the infamous chod rig, very very fashionable at the moment and deadly in certain situations."
"That is how you fish a finesse swimbait, and that's why it's such an excellent technique to catch pre-spawn Smallmouth bass."
"Every time I would see that copper flash, a fish would eat it."
"You can catch big trout on nymphs and dry flies, but most experienced anglers know that to catch the biggest trout in the river, you need to fish big flies."
"Wet flies have a history that goes back many, many years."
"The number one priority is to catch the fish. What is the number one thing that's going to cause that king salmon to strike the plug? It's the action on the plug, totally."
"Yellowstone is an angler's dream come true."
"Confidence is one of the most important components in any sort of angling."
"Fishing just doesn't get any better than that."
"When you have an intermediate running line, one of the nice things about them is they allow the head to get a little deeper."
"This is a growing event that provides student anglers an opportunity like no other to chase their dream."
"I have a burning desire as a professional angler to win this, the biggest trophy in our sport."
"Perhaps you've dreamed of a pool where the bottom is lined with trout, where hordes of big ones lie in the crystal depths waiting only the coming of the angler's fly to rise and take it."
"Kayak angling... you can get away from the popular spots and you can find new water, you can explore."
"It's a great technique for the do-it-yourself angler."
"I absolutely love getting pictures of people catching fish on the flies that we either tied and gave to them as a giveaway or that they have tied their own based on the patterns that we've shown you guys."
"Most lure anglers will opt for a braid as their chosen choice of line."
"The Nico rig is an excellent way to catch a ton of largemouth bass."
"You can throw the Nico rig and get a little bit different presentation and catch fish that way as well."
"Just play the fish properly, and you shouldn't have much problems."
"A floating line in lakes is a valuable tool; it needs to be in your kit bag."
"It's funny, a lot of anglers drive by this each year to get up into northern Minnesota or into eastern South Dakota where there's a lot of fishing. They are truly driving by some incredible crappie fishing."
"Use your equipment to its full capacity, it'll really help you become a better angler and a more successful angler."
"Best eating fish in freshwater, in my opinion, by far."
"Orange just makes bass bite in the spring, it just does."
"This is a very special place to me and hundreds of other people who are anglers and conservationists."
"You create what's called the D-loop, so you're using some tension of the line that's already on the water."
"If you're an angler, I recommend you to go to your local bodies of water and just wade and explore too, you know, it is a unique feeling when it comes to the sport."
"I wouldn't trade the life listing or multi-species angling and doing these species assessments for anything else out there."
"Algoma shoots northward into the wilds of Ontario and is considered a fly angler's dream."
"Once you commit to a lake and you really start to understand that Lake you will become far more successful than other anglers that are lake hopping."
"I've probably made quite a name for myself catching big fish."
"Jubilee Pools is an absolute jewel in the Lemington Angling Association crown."
"It's not for the anglers that want to sit there and let it happen; it's for the anglers that want to sit there and make it happen."