Arnold Gingrich Quotes

United States, Writer
December 5, 1903 – July, 9, 1976.

Arnold W. Gingrich was the editor of, and, along with publisher David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson, co-founder of Esquire magazine. Among his other projects was the political/newsmagazine Ken.

Also known as Editor

On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments.

Arnold Gingrich
The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.

Arnold Gingrich
- Partner
- Fish
- Quarry

A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

Arnold Gingrich
- Beauty
- Seek
- Trout
...water that isn't fit for trout won't much longer be fit for us.

Arnold Gingrich
- Water
- Fit
- Trout
Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

Arnold Gingrich
There is an immense trout in Loch Awe in Scotland, which is so voracious, and swallows his own species with such avidity, that he has obtained the name 'Salmo Ferox'. I pull about this unnatural monster till he is tired, land him, and administer the coup de grace. Is this cruel? Cruelty should be made of sterner stuff.

Arnold Gingrich
- Tired
- Cruelty
- Trout
I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.

Arnold Gingrich
- Important
- Fishing
- Fish
Over the years, whenever I've felt that little twinkle in the hairs on the back of my neck., as I encountered an original thought or observation in a fishing book, I've turned the corner of the page down.

Arnold Gingrich
- Book
- Fishing
- Observation