You Write Not For Children But For

For At Least The Last 275 Years The Honesty Of Fishermen Has Been Somewhat Questionable. It Should Be Noted That Izaak Walton Whose Book Published In 1653 Spoke Not Of Anglers And , But Anglers Or Very Honest Men .

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.

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

The Desire To Build A House Is The Tired Wish Of A Man Content Thenceforward With A Single Anchorage. The Desire To Build A Boat Is The Desire Of Youth, Unwilling Yet To Accept The Idea Of A Final Resting Place.

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.