Jimboha! 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2014 I was putting together a photo college of fly tying/fishing photos for a present. I had an empty spot, so I thought I'd put in a pithy saying or quote about fishing. Obviously the old standby saying came to mind: "Give a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." I wanted something, well, a little .. more. I Googled the phrase and found many variants. I selected some of them and word-smithed it a bit. This is what I came up with. Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Give a woman a fish and you'll be sleeping on the couch tonight. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. But teach a man to fly fish and he'll always be late for dinner. Teach a man to tie flies and it will take over all his free time, a room in his house, and most of his money. -Anonymous compilation- I wish I could credit al the people whose quotes/ideas this borrows, but I don't know the original authors. Jimboha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlaFly 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2014 the way I heard it was"teach a man to fish and he'll spend all day in a boat drinking beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NohackleHS 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2015 Teach a man to fly fish and he'll take your favorite spot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Saarinen 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2015 Give a man a fish & you'll feed him for a day! Teach a man how to fly fish & you'll confuse him for the rest of his life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutguy 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2015 my original: Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for the day; Teach a man to tie flies and he'll pick up all the roadkill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryveradair 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2015 Love this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2015 Give a man a fish and feel self important that you're helping an less fortunate person. Teach a man to fish and forget the altruistic nonsense and go on a fishing trip. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
add147 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2015 LOL....All sayings are very true!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saltybum 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2015 Teach a man to fish and the wife will have the house to herself on weekends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites