"O Sir, doubt not but that Angling is an Art: is it not an Art to deceive a Trout with an artificial Flie? A Trout! That is more sharp sighted than any Hawk .. , and more watchful and more timorous than your high mettled Marlin is bold? .... doubt not therefore, Sir, but that Angling is an Art, and an art worth your learning: the Question is rather, whether you are capable of learning it? " so says the Piscator, in The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton, published in 1653.
This is a recording of a BBC Radio programme from 2003 - still available on the BBC Radio website, but in Real Audio format only, and not downloadable. I added the pictures (most not taken by me, unusually for my Channel) to illustrate some of the the spoken content - people, locations etc
The closing slides include photos of Charles Cotton's "Fishing Temple" to which Izaak Walton and his friend Charles Cotton retired in front of a blazing fire after a day's fishing. To this day still stands on a meander of the River Dove at Beresford Dale, just South of Hartington, Derbyshire. Alas, it's on private land.
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