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...next To The Pleasure Of Reading A Favourite Fishing Book Comes That Of Persuading A Friend To Read It Too.

There Are Two Distinct Visits To Tackle-shops, The Visit To Buy Tackle And The Visit Which May Be Described As Platonic When, Being For Some Reason Unable To Fish, We Look For An Excuse To Go In, And Waste The Tackle Dealer's Time.

. . Perhaps The Greatest Satisfaction On The First Day Of The Season Is The Knowledge In The Evening That The Whole Of The Rest Of The Season Is To Come.

Fishing Books , Lit By Emotion Recollected In Tranquility, Are Like Poetry. .. . We Do Not Think Of Them As Books But As Men. They Are Our Companions And Not Only Riverside. Summer And Winter They Are With Us And What A Pleasant Company They Are.

You Write Not For Children But For Yourself. And If By Good Fortune Children Enjoy What You Enjoy, Why Then You Are A Writer Of Children's Books.