THE ANGLER'S GUIDE 



Fly Fishing for Trout in the Lake fork of the Gunnison River, near Lake City, 

 Colorado. 



The best of the Apostles Peter, Andrew, James and 

 John were fishermen. 



And Jesus loved fishermen, and associated with them 

 more than with any other class of men. 



"He began to teach by the seaside." 



"He entered into a boat." 



"He was in the stern of the boat, asleep." 



"His disciples were fishermen." 



"His best friends were fishermen." 



"His pulpit was a fishing boat, or the shore of a lake." 



"He fed the people on fish when they were hungry." 



"He was always near the water to cheer and com- 

 fort those who followed it." 



The first authentic mention of the angler is in the book 

 of Job, B. C. 1520 (xii, 1 and 2). 



Archimedes built a house boat or fallery for Hiero of 

 Syracuse which had a fish pond in the bow, from which the 

 owner and his guests could take live fishes. 



Izaak Walton tells of the angling exploits of Marc 

 Antony and Cleopatra, and Sir Humphrey Davy declares 

 Trojan was an angler. Plutarch's account of Anthony's 

 fishing and description of the numerous paintings on the 

 walls of the houses of Pompeii, and Oppian's book on fish- 

 ing attest the antiquity of the angle. 



