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| Izaak Walton wrote 'The Compleat Angler' a long time ago. Even non fishermen could not spell very good in those days.
"The Compleat Angler" is all about a character named Piscator. Later, in disgust, he became a stage director.
Izaak Walton pretended to be an expert on fishing. In his introduction, he refers to "the honest angler". That's how much HE knew.
'The Compleat Angler' is chock full of useful information for fishermen. For example, in part one, it says: " and next you are to notice, that the trout is not like the crocodile." Walton was observant.
In chapter VIII, he tells of a man who caught a pike by using a mule for bait. Fortunatley for Ike, it was several hundred years before anybody read beyond chapter I.
Ed Zern
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Fishing Wisdom from the Past