Give a man a fish...

[Jimboha! 0]

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!

[FlaFly 0]

the way I heard it was
"teach a man to fish and he'll spend all day in a boat drinking beer"

[NohackleHS 0]

Teach a man to fly fish and he'll take your favorite spot!

[Adam Saarinen 0]

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!

[troutguy 0]

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.

[ryveradair 0]

Love this

[mikechell 0]

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.

[add147 0]

LOL....All sayings are very true!!!

[Saltybum 0]

Teach a man to fish and the wife will have the house to herself on weekends.