dezza
Well-known member
Now although I would never call myself an angling historian, I do possess at the last count just under 400 angling books.
I certainly do like to read of angling's wonderful history, especially during the 19th century, the latter half of which, saw what I believe was the greatest golden age of angling.
Angling has a wonderful history and of all field sports, it has some of the greatest literary collections produced by a few of the best writers in this field. But I get the feeling that only a very few of we anglers actually read about our sport. Evidence of this is the way that many famous names get very quickly forgotten.
Such a shame it is that many anglers have never heard of Marks, Walker, Lane or Taylor.
But how do you feel about the history of our sport?
I certainly do like to read of angling's wonderful history, especially during the 19th century, the latter half of which, saw what I believe was the greatest golden age of angling.
Angling has a wonderful history and of all field sports, it has some of the greatest literary collections produced by a few of the best writers in this field. But I get the feeling that only a very few of we anglers actually read about our sport. Evidence of this is the way that many famous names get very quickly forgotten.
Such a shame it is that many anglers have never heard of Marks, Walker, Lane or Taylor.
But how do you feel about the history of our sport?