Fishing

*Authors are unknown, unless otherwise noted.

The fishing is far more important than the fish.

I'm Fishing
Don't talk anybody, don't come near!
Can't you see the fish might hear?
He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string;
He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing,
But he doesn't know I'm fishing --
He doesn't know I'm fishing.
That's what I'm doing --
Fishing.
~A.A. Milne

Out Fishin'
A feller's glad to be a friend,
Out fishin'.
A helpin' hand he'll always lend,
Out fishin';
The brotherhood of rod and line
An' sky an' stream is always fine;
Men come real close to God's design,
Out fishin'.
A feller isn't plotting schemes,
Out fishin'.
He's only busy with his dreams,
Out fishin';
His livery is a coat of tan;
His creed, to do the best he can;
A feller's always mostly man
Out fishin'.
~Edgar Guest