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Updated: May 11, 2025

He ordered from Hook and Catchett a lady's angling-outfit of the most enticing description, a split-bamboo rod, light as a girl's wish, and strong as a matron's will; an oxidized silver reel, with a monogram on one side, and a sapphire set in the handle for good luck; a book of flies, of all sizes and colours, with the correct names inscribed in gilt letters on each page.

Henry Van Dyke - Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things