Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler

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The Compleat Angler(the spelling is sometimes modernised toThe Complete Angler, though this spelling also occurs in first editions) is a book byIzaak Walton, first published in 1653 byRichard Marriotin London. Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verseWalton was born inStaffordand moved to London when he was in his teens in order to learn a trade. The Compleat Anglerreflects the author's connections with these two locations, especially on theRiver Dove, central England, that forms the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire in thePeak District. The book was dedicated to John Offley ofMadeley, Staffordshire, and there are references in it to fishing in the English Midlands. However, the work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip up theLea ValleyinHertfordshire, starting atTottenham. Walton was not sympathetic to the Puritan regime of the 1650s and the work has been seen as a reaction to the turbulence of theEnglish Civil Warand its aftermath; "the disorder of the present times received muted comment in the work's scenes of harmony", is the view of theOxford Dictionary of National Biography.[2]"Study to be Quiet" was one of Walton's favourite mottos.

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