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The 1676 revised edition of his "Compleat Angler" included a new section on trout fishing

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  • Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
  • His "Compleat Angler" went through 5 editions during the 17th century
  • "As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler", he wrote in "The Compleat Angler"
  • All that fishing must have done this author some good; he was 90 when he died in 1683
  • A 17th century writer:"Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"

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