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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
BY IZAAK
WALTON
& CHARLES COTTON
Contents
Dedication
& Epistle to the Reader
Chapter 1
A Conference
betwixt an Angler, a Falconer, and a Hunter
Chapter 2
On
the Otter and the Chub
Chapter 3
How to fish for, and to dress, the Chavender
of Chub
Chapter 4
On
the Nature and Breeding of the Trout,
and how to fish for him
Chapter 5
On
the Trout
Chapter 6
The
Umber or Grayling
Chapter 7
The
Salmon
Chapter 8
On
the Luce or Pike
Chapter 9
On
the Carp
Chapter 10
On
the Bream
Chapter 11
On
the Tench
Chapter 12
On
the Perch
Chapter 13
Of the Eel, and other Fish that want Scales
Chapter 14
Of
the Barbel
Chapter 15
Of
the Gudgeon, the Ruffe, and the Bleak
Chapter 16
Is
of nothing, or of nothing worth
Chapter 17
Of
Roack and Dace
Chapter 18
Of the Minnow, or Penk; Loach,
Bull-Head, or Miller's-Thumb
Chapter 19
Of
Rivers, and some Observations of Fish
Chapter 20
Of
Fish-Ponds
Chapter 21
Conclusion
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Book
Summaries
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Brief
Summary
Must
read!
Andrew Lang's preface
to his own edition of
The Compleat Angler, 1896
"To
write on Walton is, indeed, to hold
a candle to the sun. Had Montaigne been
a fisher, he might have written somewhat
like Izaak, but without the piety, the
perfume and the charm."
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