". . . had I a river I would gladly let all honest anglers that use the fly cast line in it, but, but where there is no protection, then nets, poison, dynamite, slaughter of fingerlings, and unholy baits devastate the fish, so that 'free fishing' spells no fishing at all."

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Source : Andrew Lang (2014). “Introduction to the Compleat Angler”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

Andrew Lang

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