"The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart."

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We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no the power of making a noise; for we presume that the most philosophic of anglers would hardly delight in catching a shrieking fish.

— Leigh Hunt