Compleat Angler, The by Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)

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The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" could speak as a master. There were originally only two interlocutors in the opening scene, "Piscator" and "Viator"; but in the second edition, as if in answer to an objection that "Piscator" had it too much in his own way in praise of angling, he introduced the falconer, "Auceps," changed "Viator" into "Venator" and made the new companions each dilate on the joys of his favourite sport. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  • Dedication
    – 00:10:22
  • Chapter 1 Part I - The First Day
    – 00:31:44
  • Chapter 1 Part II - The First Day
    – 00:31:46
  • Chapter 2 - The Second Day: On the Otter and the Chub
    – 00:15:05
  • Chapter 3 - The Third Day: How to Fish for and to Dress the Chavender or Chub
    – 00:11:14
  • Chapter 4 - The Third Day continued: On the Nature and Breeding of the Trout, and How to Fish for Him
    – 00:20:58
  • Chapter 5 Part I - The Third Day continued: On the Trout
    – 00:29:59
  • Chapter 5 Part II - The Third Day continued: On the Trout
    – 00:30:44
  • Chapter 6 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Umber or Grayling
    – 00:04:31
  • Chapter 7 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Salmon
    – 00:12:23
  • Chapter 8 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Luce or Pike
    – 00:21:40
  • Chapter 9 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Carp
    – 00:15:22
  • Chapter 10 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Bream
    – 00:12:41
  • Chapters 11-13 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Tench, the Perch and the Eel
    – 00:23:59
  • Chapters 14 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Barbel
    – 00:07:50
  • Chapter 15 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Gudgeon, the Ruffe and the Bleak
    – 00:04:54
  • Chapter 16 - The Fourth Day continued: Is of Nothing, or of Nothing Worth
    – 00:11:11
  • Chapter 17 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Roach and Dace
    – 00:17:56
  • Chapter 18 - The Fifth Day continued: Of the Minnow or Penk; Loach, Bull-head or Miller's Thumb, and the Stickle-bag
    – 00:06:56
  • Chapter 19 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Rivers, and Some Observations of Fish
    – 00:06:39
  • Chapter 20 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Fish-Ponds
    – 00:06:26
  • Chapter 21 - The Fifth Day continued
    – 00:25:11
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