What is a Compleat Angler?
In my fifty-four years of life I have done many things, some are of great importance, and others have been total failures. Many past-time pursuits have I enjoyed, yet once mastered, have been left behind on life’s pathway. Yet through all those years I would go fishing, feeling that I was still missing something that this sport represented. I was a fisherman all of my life, yet missing the reason of why. Only seven short years ago I took up the way of the angler in the true sense. I bought a fly rod to learned how to cast a fly, not knowing where this path leads, but sensing that it was the right path to follow. Never in my life have I be so consumed with the wanting to know more about this gentle sport; everyday it has preyed on my mind. It has been a resource of knowledge, and place for quiet contemplation. I have met a multitude of anglers who have chosen the same pathway, many having become my friends. I am fortunate that early on as I traveled this new pathway in life, I came acro
