H4 THe Determined Angler 



good wet-fly fisherman is a greater rarity than the 

 really good dry-fly man. " London Field. 



The Expert Fly Angler. " A real expert with the 

 wet-fly is a much rarer bird than one with the dry. " 

 London Fishing Gazette. 



The Finished Fly Angler. "... to be a finished 

 wet-fly Angler one must possess as much skill as the 

 dry-fly fisherman. " : Emlyn M. Gill. 



The Angler Body and Soul. "To take fish is only 

 the body of the gentle art. Some of its real enjoyments 

 are what the Angler sees and feels the echo of the 

 running streams, the music of the birds, the beauty of 

 the flowers peering at him from every side, the bracing 

 atmosphere, the odor of pines, hemlocks, and spruce; 

 the hush of the woods at night, the morning song of 

 the robin, and the revived appetite. ' JL A. L. H. 



Ye Gude Angler. "Wha ever heard o' a gude 

 angler being a bad or indifferent man?" Noctes. 



The Merry Angler. "And if the angler take fysshe: 

 surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in 

 his spyryte." Dame Juliana Berners (1496). 



The Religious Angler. "The old man fished not 

 for pastime, nor solely for a subsistence, but as a 

 solemn sacrament and withdrawal from the world, 

 just as the aged read their Bible. " Thoreau. 



The Satisfied Angler. Trout in the, creel or no 

 trout in the creel, the Angler never complains of poor 



