Has anyone read anything by H. Babcock? I think he was an outdoor writer in the same genre as Patrick McMannus.

I ran across a quote from one of his books that is now one of my favorites:

"There comes a time in every man's life where he needs to decide whether to go fishing or do something worse."

Thanks in advance,

Todd B.

Todd,
Quote comes from Havilah Babcock's book
"When A Lady Undresses" (1947)

Here's a couple more good ones for you;

"Neek, allI want to do is feesh, feesh, feesh. Everywhere. All the time." -Pierre Affre from "To Me" (1985)

Or how about an old one;

"In the Yuan period, the hermit fisherman became the symbol of the unemployed scholar...The true hermit scholar fished for fish, not fame; others merely pretended to fish while waiting to return to politics." Shengmu (1310-1360)

I love fishing qoutes and put a new one on my fishing reports page of my site every day. Just for you I'll use the Havila Babcock Quote today.

These quotes can be found in the book "The Quotable Fisherman" by Nick Lyons
Great X-Mas present for any fisherman.
Thanks again Kraig