Jimmy Moore Quotations

When I was a little kid, I fished real worms to catch fish and my nickname was Wormy. The worms also kept the girls away. Then when I discovered girls, I switched to flies thinking the girls would go fishing with me. That didn't work either! Not long after that, I changed my nickname from "WORMY" to "Fly Fishing Man" and started fishing flies. The girls fell all over me, but then I couldn't catch any fish." Moral of the story: "Young Man, Don't Give Up Your Worms Too Soon!

Looking good on the stream doesn't mean a thing to the trout.

The ability to read a trout stream is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL quarterback.

There are "indicator" plants and there are "indicator people". When you see Cedar, you know there's alkaline, limestone-based soil around. When you see Fly Fishers, you know there's fish around - well, not always.

There are ""indicator"" plants and there are ""indicator people"". When you see Cedar, you know there's alkaline, limestone-based soil around. When you see Fly Fishers, you know there's fish around - well, not always.

Fly fishing is like raising children. You never know what's going to happen next.

Fly fishing for trout is like raising children. You never know what's going to happen next.

Fishing too long a fly rod on a small trout stream is like driving a greyhound bus down a deer trail.

Fishing for browns requires stealth, patience, a lot of hiding behind bushes and limited wading. About the only time you'll see me hiding behind a bush is when I encounter a bear. I'd rather be on the water heading upstream. Doesn't seem to bother the rainbows and it's probably the reason I don't catch a lot of browns.

Fly patterns are a lot like women. Some are plain. Some are flashy and some are in between. Look at your wife. She caught you, right? Tie a fly patterned after her, and you'll probably catch a lot of fish, but don't dare tell her if you're tying "plain".

They say that to catch brown trout you have to be near invisible. I tried that on the Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a large brown bear never saw me as he snatched the fish from the end of my tippet.

I have no problems when I'm on the stream. My problems occur mostly at the office. Maybe I should move my office to the stream!

The fly fisher who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly fishing.

I told a lie the other day. I said that I'd caught a 'bunch' of trout. What I should have said is that I caught a little trout that I named Bunch. There, I?ve confessed and now I feel much better.

The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing.

For women, the higher their cholesterol is, the longer their life; there’s a direct relationship between the two. Your cholesterol cannot be too high if you are a woman, but it can certainly be too low.