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1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   Three sportsmen each praise their own element

   The book opens on a May morning on the road from Tottenham Hill toward Ware. Piscator, the angler, catches up with two strangers. Venator is a hunter, bound for a day of otter hunting. Auceps is a falconer, on his way to see a hawk.

   They agree to ease the miles with talk. Piscator asks the others to praise their own sports first. Auceps speaks for the air, where his falcon climbs so high that she seems to talk with the gods. Venator speaks for the earth, with its stags and its hounds that follow one scent through a thousand others.

   Piscator answers for water, the element over which the Spirit of God first moved. Rain feeds every plant, and the Romans served fish at their grandest feasts. He will not raise his art by running down another. The falconer leaves them, kinder toward angling than before.

   A fair contest lets each speaker praise what he loves, and it wins the listener with courtesy.

2. 2

   Angling is an art that joins thought and action

   Venator doubts that fishing is an art at all.

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3. 3

   Good and learned people have loved to fish

   Piscator argues that angling suits serious and holy people.

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4. 4

   Guard the water and keep the close seasons

   The second day begins at sunrise on Amwell Hill, with a pack of otter hounds.

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5. 5

   A despised chub shows what skill and care can do

   Piscator does not start with the trout.

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6. 6

   Learn the trout, then fish for him three ways

   Piscator calls the trout a noble fish because, like the buck, it has its seasons.

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7. 7

   Flies, wind, and shadow win the cleverest fish

   After breakfast beneath a sycamore, Piscator describes twelve handmade flies, from the March dun to the dark drake of August.

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8. 8

   Each great fish has its own nature and bait

   Piscator calls the salmon the king of freshwater fish and the pike its tyrant.

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9. 9

   Songs and good company season every day

   The fishing days in this book end with songs.

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10. 10

    Be thankful, content with enough, and quiet

    On the last day the two men walk toward Tottenham High Cross, and Piscator gives his final lesson, which is gratitude.

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