Life & Mortality Quote by Rex Hunt

Rex Hunt’s charm has always been that he sells fishing as both a sport and a social glue, and this quote leans hard into that second job. “From birth to death” isn’t a literal claim so much as a populist invitation: fishing as the rare pastime that doesn’t require the right body type, the right postcode, or the right cultural password. It’s an egalitarian image with a bait-and-switch. He starts with the broad, comforting myth of access, then narrows to what he actually values: old people and young people together, knowledge moving hand to hand.

That intergenerational scene does a lot of work. In an era where leisure often gets atomized into screens and individualized hobbies, Hunt frames fishing as an analog tradition, a place where patience is learned, stories are repeated, and competence is earned slowly. The implicit message is conservative in the best sense: not party politics, but conservation of craft, etiquette, and attention. Teaching “them things” is deliberately vague because the “things” aren’t only knots and bait; they’re restraint, respect for place, a kind of quiet masculinity softened by mentorship.

Then the whiplash: “I’m very, very critical.” That tag reads like a TV man catching himself mid-sentiment. It’s a self-branding move: yes, he’s warm about community, but he’s not naive. He’s the bloke who will still call out poor technique, unsafe behavior, bad sportsmanship, maybe even environmental negligence. The subtext is authority without elitism: everyone’s welcome, but standards matter.