"But he who, besides being a lover of the gentle art, has a soul for scenery and a relish for the vicissitudes of travel has advantages indeed. When tired of weilding his rod he turns to enjoy natural beauty under every mood, in its wildest or most tranquil aspects. And he is ready, like De Quincey to fraternise with and to observe every kind of man."
"You will never learn it all, no one ever has, but that deep and diversified appeal of wandering and casting out a line into the unknown will fascinate and hold you for years to come, for the true attractivity of fishing is the desire to be in the open."
From Places to fish in Britain & Ireland
Billy