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the width of the stream. His line, like Dame Juliana's was 

 made of six white horse hairs, dyed, and twisted, if of seven 

 hairs the center was a black one. "But," he says, "if you can 

 attain to angle with one hair, you shall have more rises, and 

 catch more fish." Of the rest of his tackle we may judge from 

 the following: 



"My rod and my line, my fxoat and my lead, 



My hook and my plummet, my whetstone and knife, 



My basket, my baits, both living and dead, 

 My net and my meat, for that is the chief. 



Then I must have thread, and hairs great and small. 

 With mine angling-purse, and so you have all." 



From this list of essentials it may be inferred that Walton 

 was primarily a bait-fisher, as artificial flies are not included. 

 Artificial flies and fly-fishing originated with the ancient 

 Romans, and by them was introduced into Britain. It was 

 through the example of Charles Cotton that Walton became 

 interested in fly-fishing. They fished together many years, 

 and Cotton, in admiration and affection for his "father" Wal- 

 ton, built the famous fishing lodge on the River Dove, in 

 England, for their accommodation. Although it seems but a 

 step from the days of Berners and Walton and Cotton to our 

 own, it has taken four centuries to arrive at our present knowl- 

 edge of angling, and the marvelous perfection of tools and 

 tackle, but none the less do we venerate and revere the names 

 of those pioneers in the art of angling. 



At the Columbia Exposition, or World's Fair at Chicago, 

 in 1893, was the most wonderful exhibit of angling tools and 

 tackle accessories that the world has ever seen. As Assistant 

 Chief of the Department of Fisheries, that exhibit was pecu- 

 liarly my own. Among the notable exhibits were split-bamboo 

 rods made by the inventor, Samuel Phillippe, of Easton, Pa., 

 and of others of the best makers since his time. Also there 

 was a fine collection of the famous Kentucky reels from those 

 of the inventor, George SnjT-der, of Paris, and those of his suc- 

 cessors the Meeks, Milam and Sage of Frankfoit, and Hard- 

 man of Louisville. It was a wonderful collection and a rev- 

 elation as showing to what a state of perfection had been 

 reached since the time of Berners, Walton and Cotton. 



It happened that August 9th, 1893, was the tercentennial 

 anniversary of the birth of Isaak Walton, and it was to occur 

 at the height of the great Exposition. I determined, there- 

 fore, to celebrate the event in a becoming manner. I arranged 

 vv'ith the Chicago Fly-Casting Club to erect a replica of the 

 renowned fishing lodge built on the River Dove by Charles 

 Cotton for the accomodation of Walton and himself. I enlisted 

 the interest and co-operation of Mr. R. B. Marston, Editor of 



