“ For faster or deeper water, use a big fly tied on a size 8 to 12 hook, and weight it heavily with tungsten bead heads and/ or nontoxic wire. For slower or shallower water, use a small fly tied on a si… Yvon Chouinard
“ Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you… Yvon Chouinard
“ Brook trout are easy to fool, and are found in places on most rivers and streams that are easily reached: big pools, soft riffles, along undercuts, and under overhanging trees. Mostly though, they are… Yvon Chouinard
“ Sometimes good ideas spring from having a sense of where you want to go, of having a vision of the next level of products. Yvon Chouinard
“ I don't really believe that humans are evil; it is just that we are not very intelligent animals. No animal is so stupid as to foul its only nest, except humans. Yvon Chouinard
“ After we had pondered our responsibilities and financial liabilities, one day it dawned on me that I was a businessman and would probably be one for a long time. It was also clear that in order to sur… Yvon Chouinard
“ A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is whi… Yvon Chouinard
“ There are some conservationists who are opposed to fishing and hunting, but I’m sorry, they are not thinking it through. In order to transpose mere interest into passionate love requires proactive beh… Yvon Chouinard
“ Again, like the Zen approach to archery or anything else, you identify the goal and then forget about it and concentrate on the process. Measure Yvon Chouinard
“ Yet despite the plethora of articles, books, films, and warning from scientists and even the military saying that global warming is the single biggest threat to the security of mankind—governments, bu… Yvon Chouinard
“ We needed philosophical and inspirational guides to make sure we always asked the right questions and found the right answers. Yvon Chouinard
“ The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to have it all, the sooner it will die. Yvon Chouinard
“ In high water, fish migrate to the banks to stay out of the fast currents and to take advantage of the worms, beetles, ants, and other terrestrials being swept into the river by the floodwaters. If th… Yvon Chouinard
“ In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.… Yvon Chouinard
“ Cutthroat trout display behavior more like brook trout than their rainbow trout cousins. They are most often found in quiet current tongues along undercut banks, under rock ledges and deadfalls, and i… Yvon Chouinard
