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Traditional angling is the antithesis of the modern specimen angling scene. -- Fennel Hudson
Traditionalism is not fashionable. It is the dog-crawl to fashion's catwalk. -- Fennel Hudson
Man-made fabrics? What provenance do they have? A squirt of gloop into a petri dish? Strands of plastic spun in sterile laboratories? They are but toxins made safe by men in white coats. -- Fennel Hudson
If I can't garden in it, then I won't wear it. -- Fennel Hudson
We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become. -- Fennel Hudson
My tent doesn't look like much but, as an estate agent might say, "It is air-conditioned and has exceptional location. -- Fennel Hudson
I'm beginning to realise that I'm either overly sentimental, or am a hoarder who struggles to part with things. In all honesty, I'm probably both. -- Fennel Hudson
The thing that matters most is what matters to you, not anybody else. -- Fennel Hudson
There are some pools that woo us, as if in courtship. Others challenge, as if yearning a feisty relationship. -- Fennel Hudson
Pride of place in my wardrobe is an Edwardian-style Norfolk Jacket in Derby Tweed. It is silk-lined with leather-clad buttons and has a smell that reminds me of wet moss and fallen leaves. -- Fennel Hudson
Breathe deeply, focus your thoughts, and say out loud, "The quest begins here. -- Fennel Hudson
What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape. -- Fennel Hudson
Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart. -- Fennel Hudson
Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water. -- Fennel Hudson
If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you'll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn't easily found in the self. -- Fennel Hudson
Today is different. Better. Safer. -- Fennel Hudson
I like to start slowly, and then ease up as the day progresses. -- Fennel Hudson
Live humbly and for the moment. -- Fennel Hudson
I'm a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There's no middle ground, only madness and sadness. -- Fennel Hudson
Water is intrinsically linked to the mystery and excitement of discovering new worlds. -- Fennel Hudson
In with the new, out with the old.' That's what we're told. We have to change, adapt, compromise. -- Fennel Hudson
December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come. -- Fennel Hudson
Be batty, be traditional, and be proud. -- Fennel Hudson
Rarely will I write indoors, even if it means getting wet during rain, or my hands numb in winter. -- Fennel Hudson
As a child I would play with such imagination that the 'real' world was never real at all. It was full of mystery, adventure and possibility. -- Fennel Hudson
If ever the adventure proves tiring, or you lose sight of your dream, look to the west at sunset. There, on days when the skies are clear, you might see upon the horizon a thin layer of amber mist. When it appears, you will know its purpose: it is the mist of believing. -- Fennel Hudson
We seek not for forgiveness, but the freedom and time to do more than 'exist'. -- Fennel Hudson
Proper writing ink comes in a bottle, can be swirled like brandy in a glass, and smells like apple blossom after rain. -- Fennel Hudson
A pen transmits the voice of the soul. -- Fennel Hudson
Vintage fountain pens have provenance that makes a traditionalist go weak at the knuckles. -- Fennel Hudson
There are many Universal Facts of Life: things that are so tried and tested as to be irrefutable. -- Fennel Hudson
As travellers through time, we are burdened with the stone in our shoe that tells us to stop running, to pause and take stock before we stumble and fall. We should make time to savour the quality of our lives before it's too late. -- Fennel Hudson
Be oblivious to city high-rises, work-related stress and microwave popcorn. -- Fennel Hudson
When my heart tells me that something is right, there's rarely an opportunity for logic to intervene. I go with my instinct, and see where it leads. -- Fennel Hudson
No more selfishness. Just a balanced, contented, and richly meaningful life. -- Fennel Hudson
I keep on dreaming, but to find freedom, one must first search inwards. -- Fennel Hudson
Stand up for your beliefs, and be different. -- Fennel Hudson
To sit on the stile would be to continue a familiar existence. To cross the stile would be to begin something new. -- Fennel Hudson
So long as I keep nodding and smiling at the appropriate times, I can avoid further questions. -- Fennel Hudson
Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind. -- Fennel Hudson
Dive deep and make your discovery. -- Fennel Hudson
Proudly buck the trend. Dare to be different. -- Fennel Hudson
Time is not something to be killed. Doing so suffocates a part of us, writing off part of our life that could, or rather should, be spent doing something meaningful. -- Fennel Hudson
Confront the page that taunts you with its whiteness. Face your enemy and fill it with words. You are bigger and stronger than a piece of paper. -- Fennel Hudson
Books are the most important of all my possessions. They capture the thoughts, feelings, dreams and lives of their authors, welcoming us into their worlds and inspiring us to emulate their adventures. -- Fennel Hudson
A traditional Englishman drinks tea to the point where his blood has long-since been replaced with an infusion of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling. -- Fennel Hudson
There are a million-and-one ways to enjoy a day's angling. Catching fish is but one of them. -- Fennel Hudson
Life's a simple thing; it's we who insist on making it complicated. -- Fennel Hudson
I'm pretty sure I'm the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill. -- Fennel Hudson
Real life is to be found in natural things that have meaning. -- Fennel Hudson
Have courage to go your own way and fulfil the dreams that are unique and important to you. -- Fennel Hudson
Those who sprint might travel quicker, but we'll all end up in the same place at the end. -- Fennel Hudson
Leaving the rat race is easy. All you have to do is quit your job, sell your house, and go and live in a tent in the middle of nowhere. It's staying out of the rat race that's tricky. -- Fennel Hudson
Mind games contain only inner demons. -- Fennel Hudson
Your actions and values define you. -- Fennel Hudson
It's important to believe in something, a spirit in things and a higher purpose. Something I call 'True Beauty'. -- Fennel Hudson
Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man's sleep. -- Fennel Hudson
Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors. -- Fennel Hudson
Michelin Star? I'd rather chew a French rubber tyre. -- Fennel Hudson
People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out. -- Fennel Hudson
I'm likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight. -- Fennel Hudson
Lake water, even when boiled, has an effect on my digestive system similar to the movement of a hangman's trapdoor. -- Fennel Hudson
Life in the wild, as I'm observing, is about survival as much as pleasure. -- Fennel Hudson
There's no point pretending to be someone or something we're not. -- Fennel Hudson
After being still for so long, I am incapable of moving quicker than ivy growing over a rock. -- Fennel Hudson
You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday. -- Fennel Hudson
Change bothers me. I don't cope too well with fashions, fads and urban traffic lights. -- Fennel Hudson
It's not always best to know what's going on beneath the surface. -- Fennel Hudson
You'll never find yourself anywhere other than where you are right now. -- Fennel Hudson
Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends. -- Fennel Hudson
The speed of modern life is an oppressive thing, and the corporate world is quick to punish those with an honest heart. -- Fennel Hudson
If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the message. -- Fennel Hudson
Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one's dreams will be called pretentious. So let's indulge the whim and see where it takes us. -- Fennel Hudson
Truth, as I have learned, is difficult to ignore. -- Fennel Hudson
Take a step back and view the world through your eyes, not someone else's. Listen to your heart and decide what you really want. -- Fennel Hudson
Be confident enough to show your true self to the world. -- Fennel Hudson
It's the wonderment of water that makes it so appealing: thoughts of what's beneath the surface, or out there beyond a watery horizon. -- Fennel Hudson
You can escape completely, seeking an alternative life, or you can play the game and go absent without leave. How you do it is up to you. -- Fennel Hudson
Isolation serves as the ideal antidote to the bone-aching stresses of work. -- Fennel Hudson
There's never been a map. Only a compass whose dial always knows where it's pointing. -- Fennel Hudson
A person has to be comfortable in his or her own skin. -- Fennel Hudson
Text talk? How can the art of writing, once performed by monastic scribes, have degenerated into little more than creative candyfloss? -- Fennel Hudson
To not use a talent to the best of your ability is to stifle the thing that makes you most special. It is like plucking the wings off a butterfly. -- Fennel Hudson
Sometimes we just have to stop and feel the pulse of the Earth, the rhythm of the seasons and the internal voice that was once our childhood friend. -- Fennel Hudson
The promise of adventure is often more exciting than the adventure itself. -- Fennel Hudson
The world of water has a way of perpetuating myths and shrouding lakes in mystery. -- Fennel Hudson
The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting. -- Fennel Hudson
Having a 'taste for life' is about knowing its various flavours and awaiting the next meal. -- Fennel Hudson
Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one's memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another. -- Fennel Hudson
I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up. -- Fennel Hudson
Eight months in the woods have hardened me, or at least firmed up my beliefs that if a man's going to fend for himself, then he needs to leave his credit card at home. -- Fennel Hudson
I am an old fashioned angler seeking to fish in a peaceful and relaxing way in traditional surroundings. Other anglers are too noisy, too busy, and catch fish that might break my landing net. -- Fennel Hudson
It had been a long quest. Yet I was within casting distance of my dream. -- Fennel Hudson
We should be authentic: the 'real deal'. Neither a clone nor mimic be. -- Fennel Hudson
It was a country life, a precious existence. -- Fennel Hudson
Many people fear the unknown. They busy themselves at motorway speed so to excuse their lack of understanding of the world around them. -- Fennel Hudson
A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetime's memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jeweller's window. -- Fennel Hudson
It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one's own terms. -- Fennel Hudson
I've made it my mission to discover that which is off the beaten track. Somewhere in the undergrowth of the impossible. -- Fennel Hudson
Seek and see beauty in the watery world. -- Fennel Hudson
The world grows ever complex. More urban. Less peaceful. -- Fennel Hudson
The greatest gifts are those that say, "I know you". -- Fennel Hudson
I believe that modern life is moving too fast. A bullet travels quickly, but it usually comes to an abrupt and fatal end. -- Fennel Hudson
Listen to your heart, not your head. -- Fennel Hudson
Life. It's about adventure, of having a dream and following it. -- Fennel Hudson
There is something eternally satisfying about lying motionless for hours on end, watching the world move around us like the shadow on a sundial. -- Fennel Hudson
Nature, in her untamed state, is savage and unrelenting. -- Fennel Hudson
As with writing by candlelight, one's greatest ideas come from 'the flickering' between darkness and light. -- Fennel Hudson
Choice is the mortar that binds together the things that make us who we are. -- Fennel Hudson
The degree to which we notice the obvious or the subtle, and the angle of light that we see falling upon it, depends upon how closely we look and the time we spend studying. -- Fennel Hudson
I like to send letters. I love to receive them. I could never throw away a letter. -- Fennel Hudson
Stop and unplug," say I; "look around you, at the vastness and greatness of the natural world." Some stop. Others need binoculars to tie their shoelaces. -- Fennel Hudson
Identity and self-belief: a courage that swells from within, borne of waters drunk deeply. -- Fennel Hudson
Why should we change that which makes us unique? -- Fennel Hudson
Traditional angling is to escape the noise and one-upmanship of modern angling in favour of something simple and beautiful. -- Fennel Hudson
Rural and traditional escapism. That's my angle. Places and events where we are free to relax and be ourselves, where nobody tells us to hurry along or conform or grow up. Somewhere we can properly live. -- Fennel Hudson
Have a dream in your head and a fire in your heart. -- Fennel Hudson
Disconnect from society's pressure to conform. Do things your own way. -- Fennel Hudson
Having a fishing rod in your hand is merely an excuse to explore out-of-sight depths and reveal mysteries that previously only existed in dreams. -- Fennel Hudson
Enjoy being you. Have fun. And be different. -- Fennel Hudson
When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one's mood, collect one's thoughts, and have a plan. -- Fennel Hudson
I cherish the ability to say I love something or someone without having to give reason. -- Fennel Hudson
Seek a slower, simpler life. -- Fennel Hudson
Nature or nurture? A talent needs both. -- Fennel Hudson
You have to feel the bite of the wind to appreciate the warmth of a winter coat. -- Fennel Hudson
It is the quietening of the day that most appeals. -- Fennel Hudson
Writing ink is the magic that allows nothing to become something. It catches the fleeting idea and seeks out the glances of those who wish to see. Even a random ink splat will mean something to someone. -- Fennel Hudson
In the dream world, anything is possible. It requires a fertile imagination, and a desire to explore the half-light between the known and the unknown. -- Fennel Hudson
A man is biologically incapable of giving 'the look'. -- Fennel Hudson
Life is a wonderfully fine thing. Go live it. -- Fennel Hudson
Soon I will return to the office, to shuffle paper, delete emails and avoid the Typing Dead. -- Fennel Hudson
As the daydreams grew longer, the distinction between what was real and what was imaginary grew less. Soon I existed in a blissful world of my own creation. -- Fennel Hudson
Editing one's writing is as easy as lighting a match while riding a bicycle. -- Fennel Hudson
It is possible to escape the complexities, challenges and pace of modern life. All we have to do is close our eyes and picture a quiet world where time moves slowly. -- Fennel Hudson
Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one's self. -- Fennel Hudson
I like working among 'creative clutter'. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement. -- Fennel Hudson
Being gentle doesn't stop us fighting for our dreams. -- Fennel Hudson
I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment. -- Fennel Hudson
It's not possible to run away from yourself. Unless, of course, you're schizophrenic and can take holidays outside your mind. -- Fennel Hudson
Life, as I see it, wraps around us, even when we think we are firmly embracing it. -- Fennel Hudson
It is this brighter side, the romantic side, the emotional side, that appeals to me. -- Fennel Hudson
Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest. -- Fennel Hudson
These are our precious things. Simple things. A currency of sentiments. -- Fennel Hudson
Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes. -- Fennel Hudson
A traditionalist's values are gleaned from all that is good in the past. -- Fennel Hudson
Think about it: send SLASH receive. Email is the frenzied killer of proper communication. -- Fennel Hudson
The greatest moments of creativity come in absolute solitude, when one's mind is free from distraction and able to probe the depths of the impossible. -- Fennel Hudson
A perpetual world; a world within a world. Of my mind and outside my mind. The real world is the dream world. -- Fennel Hudson
I hear the tune within. And I hear it without. -- Fennel Hudson
Our best canvas is all around us, in everything we touch and do. -- Fennel Hudson
I take pride in using fountain pens. They represent craftsmanship and a love of writing. Biros, on the other hand, represent the throwaway culture of modern society, which exists on microwave ready-meals and instant coffee. -- Fennel Hudson
Creative people need strong encouragement. -- Fennel Hudson
I'm in no hurry to do anything. I'll probably lie here for the rest of the day. (Great term, that, 'rest of the day'.) -- Fennel Hudson
Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce. -- Fennel Hudson
Escapism preserves our sanity when the ever-increasing complexity and pace of modern life becomes too much. -- Fennel Hudson
I'll be off exploring, searching for those out-of-bounds places where dreams exist. -- Fennel Hudson
It seems that, depending upon which side of the thesaurus-writer's gaze we sit, one's uniqueness can be deemed to be either eccentric or distinctive. Both, in my opinion, are good. -- Fennel Hudson
A man can never have too many books. Neither can he have too many fountain pens, hats, fishing rods, waistcoats, tea caddies, paintings or whatever helps him to feel at home in his surroundings and communicate his personality to the world. -- Fennel Hudson
Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing. -- Fennel Hudson
Friends can create our most cherished memories. -- Fennel Hudson
Traditional angling is a mindset. So,have you set your mind? -- Fennel Hudson
Some will say that searching for your dreams is like looking for unicorns in an emerald forest. -- Fennel Hudson
I wish for a simple life. -- Fennel Hudson
The more we try to control nature, the more imbalanced our world becomes. -- Fennel Hudson
Nurture a desire to be free from the clock. -- Fennel Hudson
There comes a time in one's life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have. -- Fennel Hudson
I write into an old book that smells of dust and whose pages are floppy with damp. Sometimes the ink splodges onto the paper, other times it will barely leave the nib of my pen. -- Fennel Hudson
Never interrupt an author when he or she is 'in the zone', else you'll understand the real meaning of 'writer's nib'. -- Fennel Hudson
Recent generations seem to consider 'old-fashioned' thinking as out-dated and without place in the modern world. I beg to differ. After all, who has greater faith? He who looks to and learns from the past, or the man who cares not for consequence? -- Fennel Hudson
Cherish the moment and the time in which you live. -- Fennel Hudson
It is the goings-on between bites that excites the traditional angler as much as when the float goes under. -- Fennel Hudson
There is a moment during every fight with a strong fish when you wonder whether it or you will win the battle. -- Fennel Hudson
Only the present exists. The past is gone, and the future has not yet happened. There is only ever time present. -- Fennel Hudson
Writing with a biro is the emotional equivalent of giving your loved one a plastic rose on Valentine's Day. -- Fennel Hudson
Dreams free us from normality. Daydreams, especially, take us somewhere between the real world and the dream world. -- Fennel Hudson
As the natural world grows smaller, so too does its intensity and the size of the window through which it may be viewed. -- Fennel Hudson
All I really want is for our world to become increasingly more beautiful. -- Fennel Hudson
Workdays are, I imagine, rather like learning to ice-skate Torvill and Dean's The Bolero. They start and end easily enough; it's the bit in the middle that causes the pain in the arse. -- Fennel Hudson
Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word 'lubricant' on our headstone. -- Fennel Hudson
Win back two days of living? The sense of freedom is overwhelming! Switch off your mobile phone and consider your options. -- Fennel Hudson
There's no such thing as 'not enough time' out here in the woods. I don't even have a watch. Time is my own, categorised as nothing more than 'morning, afternoon, evening and night'. -- Fennel Hudson
There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault. -- Fennel Hudson
May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive. -- Fennel Hudson
You can't kill time, only a part of your life that would otherwise have been happy. -- Fennel Hudson
When left alone with nothing but one's emotions and inner thoughts for company, the nocturnal world can be completely overpowering. -- Fennel Hudson
It's ironic that those who lack self-confidence are often the ones who find it hardest to say no. -- Fennel Hudson
The things we place greatest value upon are prioritised by their context in our lives. -- Fennel Hudson
Sounds simple, doesn't it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it's not as simple as it seems. -- Fennel Hudson
I have a burgundy waistcoat that ticks in the dead of night, it being my favourite and the one that carries my pocket watch from day to day. -- Fennel Hudson
There is a difference between 'off-limits' and those places you can visit without getting caught. -- Fennel Hudson
Enjoy the contented silence. -- Fennel Hudson
It's better to be individual than a clone of someone else. -- Fennel Hudson
I've indulged all my escapist dreams. I'm here, away from everyone, living it up. Being a selfish and antisocial git. -- Fennel Hudson
We are so blinkered by progress, so preoccupied with where we want to go and how fast we can travel, that many of us have lost the ability to simply 'stop'. -- Fennel Hudson
It's the special things close to home, and the breadth of life, that makes our time on this earth so valuable. -- Fennel Hudson
There's no 'right or wrong' when we describe what is beautiful and what is not. -- Fennel Hudson
Those with traditional sense will follow what their heart tells them is right. -- Fennel Hudson
Yearn for the opposite, to buck the trend, to be different. -- Fennel Hudson
To go fishing is one of the most pleasurable experiences I can imagine. -- Fennel Hudson
Catching fish is low on my agenda when I go fishing. I'm much more interested in savouring the day and exploring the wildlife of the river. -- Fennel Hudson
Night fishing accentuates the atmosphere of a lake. It is as if, once darkness falls, the character of the pool announces, "I am here. -- Fennel Hudson
Could an angler go fishing without a fishing rod, line and hook? It depends what they're fishing for. -- Fennel Hudson
There should be no urgency. -- Fennel Hudson
Satnav will get us quickly and all-too-predictably from A to B, but the path of life is more interesting when we're allowed to explore the side streets. -- Fennel Hudson
It's better to run towards something good, than away from something bad. -- Fennel Hudson
It was one of those places where mist lingers well into the day and the dawn chorus starts early. -- Fennel Hudson
We have the freedom of choice, to choose what's right. -- Fennel Hudson
Change, it seems, is inevitable. And so is compromise. -- Fennel Hudson
I propose that it only matters that you attempt to catch a fish. Doing so brings you close to nature. -- Fennel Hudson
I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman's noose. -- Fennel Hudson
Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres. -- Fennel Hudson
Status: the perpetual carrot that entices us from the front and prods us in the back. -- Fennel Hudson
The pen that was once a gift has come to represent all that I hope to achieve. -- Fennel Hudson
Preserve the spirit of a 'lost' age, when time moved slower. -- Fennel Hudson
Be patient, persistent and above all, believe. -- Fennel Hudson
We are responsible for our actions. But we must battle for sufficient time in our own lives to bring value to our existence. -- Fennel Hudson
Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world. -- Fennel Hudson
I like tea so much that I'm considering changing my name to Bergamot so that I can exist in a perpetual state of Earl Grey contentment. -- Fennel Hudson
What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale. -- Fennel Hudson
If we have faith, then we can see the beauty around us. If we don't then we are just blind followers, not knowing why we are on the path. -- Fennel Hudson
How is your handwriting?" I ask. "Do you write in pencil or pen?" They stare back at me with squinting eyes and a look that needs no words. "Get with it granddad. -- Fennel Hudson
We all need to believe in something, a dream that gives us optimism and faith. -- Fennel Hudson
As I approach mid-life, I feel like the old boot that lands on Mayfair after an eight-hour game of Monopoly. -- Fennel Hudson
Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight. -- Fennel Hudson
There's merit in being different, inspiration in being individual, courage in being unique, and freedom in being yourself. -- Fennel Hudson
The process of creation begins way before one starts writing. -- Fennel Hudson
The real world, in my opinion, exists in the countryside, where Nature goes about her quiet business and brings us greatest pleasure. -- Fennel Hudson
Water creates so much beauty, life and mystery. -- Fennel Hudson
Look back, but never look down. -- Fennel Hudson
Things today 'sure ain't like they used to be'. They've changed, moved on, progressed. -- Fennel Hudson
Like a snake on a rock, I have shed my skin and grown another. I feel reborn and ready to resume activities. -- Fennel Hudson
I wasn't born to fetch, or sit, or accept a beating. I'm here to be me, to write, and know my purpose. -- Fennel Hudson
Exams test your memory, life tests your learning; others will test your patience. -- Fennel Hudson
I am circling, looking for something within my reach, but beyond my grasp. -- Fennel Hudson
Doing nothing can be as rewarding as doing something. And doing very little can be as productive, in a creative sense, as doing a lot. -- Fennel Hudson
To see more than a reflection requires us to filter what we see, to view the world with honest eyes. -- Fennel Hudson
I am not at work, or at the supermarket, or waiting for a bus (metaphorically or otherwise). I am free. -- Fennel Hudson
The young man only looks to the future because he has lived little; the old man looks to the past because he has little left to live. -- Fennel Hudson
We have a calling: a need to be close to Nature, where she may cleanse our souls and wash away the stresses of yesterday. It is emotional recompense for the cost of living. -- Fennel Hudson
A man can never be truly free when he knows that he is neglecting his duties elsewhere. -- Fennel Hudson
Time alone can help us to look inward, to fish for things that others can't see. -- Fennel Hudson
The ever-increasing weight of responsibilities that enmeshes our lives keeps us locked into the system. We become the pulse that keeps the beast alive, but the cost is our own lives. The natural world around us shrinks, crushed beneath the suffocating might of work. -- Fennel Hudson
We are all Clapping Monkeys, but while some of us smile, others look around to see if anyone has noticed. -- Fennel Hudson
Reality is just a matter of perception. -- Fennel Hudson
You gotta look backwards to go forwards. -- Fennel Hudson
Angling is a sport, so sporting ethics should apply. -- Fennel Hudson
Mine is a so-called vintage existence, anachronistic living, made all the more rewarding by keeping a raised eyebrow on the absurdities of modern life. -- Fennel Hudson
Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people. -- Fennel Hudson
Publish a book before you're too old to read it without glasses. -- Fennel Hudson
Committing your thoughts and feelings to words is like putting your soul on a plate and hoping the diners will like what they eat. -- Fennel Hudson
There's much sentiment and educational value to be found in our inherited traditions. -- Fennel Hudson
A consultant: someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow. -- Fennel Hudson
Time alone helps us to remember who we are. -- Fennel Hudson
Nature, it seems, has a way of returning things to how they should be. -- Fennel Hudson
Nature haters? We know them too well: lifeless creatures created without emotion or aware of anything that is peripheral to their purpose. -- Fennel Hudson
Leaps of faith tend to favour those with long legs. -- Fennel Hudson
The wild carp is an icon that forges a living connection between the past and the present. -- Fennel Hudson
Don't lose yourself in the fog of normality. -- Fennel Hudson
Progress isn't always good. There's a reason why 'breakneck speed' is described as such. -- Fennel Hudson
Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people. -- Fennel Hudson
Freedom within is embodied in things as well as people. Like coins tossed into a wishing well, they contain our hopes and dreams. -- Fennel Hudson
Reveal the timeless beauty of Nature's special places. -- Fennel Hudson
Ginger beer these days is mostly the sort of chemical-infused broth that pins children to the ceiling. -- Fennel Hudson
Believe in something important. Pursue it wholeheartedly. -- Fennel Hudson
If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real. -- Fennel Hudson
Where the writing takes place doesn't matter to a publisher, but it matters a great deal to the author. -- Fennel Hudson
Extreme circumstances can trigger the most powerful of responses. -- Fennel Hudson
Choice and perception are closely linked. They are unique, personal and emotional. -- Fennel Hudson
The real reason I like natural fabrics is not just because they are traditional, but because of their provenance. I like the thought that, for example, a favourite tweed jacket was once a sheep, living upon a mountain in Scotland. -- Fennel Hudson
Everything from the humble woodlouse to specks of dust moving through a ray of sunlight. Each tells a story. -- Fennel Hudson
Be individual, break free from the flock to avoid the predictable midsummer haircut. -- Fennel Hudson
Savour a slow-paced contented life. -- Fennel Hudson
Angling is a recreation. It's supposed to be fun. -- Fennel Hudson
Playing safe, hiding among the masses, will rarely get you noticed. -- Fennel Hudson
A letter allows us to travel through time. -- Fennel Hudson
Throughout history people have gazed at the skies in wonder. You only have to stand at the base of a church steeple to understand why. -- Fennel Hudson
Every layer of complexity creates greater distance from life's simple truths. -- Fennel Hudson
The only person to blame for your situation is you. -- Fennel Hudson
A spectator would conclude that I was living in the past. But I was very much living in the present. My present. -- Fennel Hudson
Eventually, after much dreaming, the dream no longer suffices. You have to physically be there. -- Fennel Hudson
Be seasonal, ethical and gentle. -- Fennel Hudson
Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things. -- Fennel Hudson
Freedom is not a place. It's a state of mind. -- Fennel Hudson
The past informs the present. -- Fennel Hudson
If you have burning desire to be free (as I have) you must first find this freedom within you. And to be free in this manner, you have to be comfortable with who and what you are. -- Fennel Hudson
Being here is such a contrast to where I'd otherwise be. -- Fennel Hudson
Study the nature around you, but also within you. -- Fennel Hudson
Angling is just a way of relaxing and escaping in the countryside. -- Fennel Hudson
To cherish and learn from the past is to enrich our lives. -- Fennel Hudson
As an angler and a gardener, I cherish each drop of rain that falls. -- Fennel Hudson
Soar to heights where you may view the world from a new perspective. -- Fennel Hudson
Organic life cannot be far from water. -- Fennel Hudson
By the time you read this letter, these words will be those of the past. The me of now is gone. -- Fennel Hudson
