A lovely piece of writing, I can't imagine any other sport evoking such poetic passions as angling.
A while ago I was having a heated discussion with a non-angling friend about this, and the literary heritage of angling. As far as he was concerned angling is all cloth caps and whippets, I think I'll print this and show him just what anglers can come up with.
However on the down side, as mentioned earlier work like this seems to be a thing of the past, thankfully on this site there are people are willing to have a go and put over the true essence of angling.