Ii6 The Determined Angler 



the library of W. C. Van Antwerp of New York some 

 years ago at Sotheby's in London by the late Bernard 

 Quaritch, acting as agent for the late J. Pierpont 

 Morgan, in whose collection the valuable volume 

 now is. 



A Centenarian Angler. Mrs. Jane T. Rinkle of 

 Bristol, Tenn., is over one hundred years of age. Still 

 vigorous for one of her years, Mrs. Rinkle believes that 

 her long life and her bright prospect for living some 

 years longer is due to her fondness for angling. "I 

 have hardly passed a fishing season in fifty years/' said 

 the old lady at her last anniversary party, "that I 

 have not gone to the river with hook and line." 



The Woman Angler. The Duchess of Bedford has 

 the distinction of a record catch of English salmon. 

 Her creel for one day numbered thirteen, the greatest 

 string of salmon ever taken in a single day by a woman. 

 Three other prominent English women Anglers are 

 Lady Sybil Grey, daughter of Earl Grey, Milicent, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Rosemary Portal, 

 only child of the second Earl of Cairns. Each of these 

 ladies are highly expert in fly-casting. 



The Waltonian Angler. "It matters not at all 

 what trout waters the Angler fishes if he has the true 

 and kindly spirit of Izaak Walton, the Master Angler 

 of years ago; for then every stream and lake has its 

 own peculiar and delightful charms in which the Angler 

 revels while angling, with either the wet or the dry 

 fly, to fathom their piscatorial secrets. Of all sport, 

 I know of none that seems to develop in the individual 

 such a kindly spirit, such a full appreciation of all 



