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angler are the same as those given in the Secrets of 

 Angling, but Markham is not satisfied with Dennys' 

 very exhaustive catalogue of the virtues necessary 

 for an angler : 



Now for the inward qualities of the mind, albeit 

 some Writers reduce them under twelve heads, which 

 indeed whosoever injoyeth cannot chuse but be very 

 compleat in much perfection, yet I must draw them 

 into many more branches. 



The first, and most especiall whereof, is, that a 

 skilfull Angler ought to bee a general Scholler, and 

 scene in all the liberall Sciences, as a Gramarian, to 

 know how eyther to Write or discourse of his Art in 

 true tearmes, either without affection or rudenesse. 



Markham also requires the angler to be an 

 astrologer, a meteorologist, a geographer, an arith- 

 metician, and a musician. 



After describing the seasons for angling and the 

 haunts of the fish in similar terms to Dennys', he 

 describes the different baits. 



Dennys in his Secrets of Angling neglects the 

 subject of angling with the artificial fly, only alluding 

 in his mention of fly-fishing to dibbing with the 

 natural fly. Markham makes amends for this 

 omission by giving the following list of flies and 

 instructions for tying them : 



Lastly for your dead flies, which are most proper 

 for the Trout, or Grayling, you shall know that the 

 dun Fly is good in March, being the lesser, but the 

 greater dun Fly will serve the latter end of February : 



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