Untangling the many Mysteries of
"The Compleat Angler" (1653-76)

"The Compleat Angler was first published by Izaak Walton in 1653 and more usually today found in its 1676 version with Charles Cotton’s contribution - more than 600 editions followed." 

 Jim Dixon in 'The Times' (2020)

Rewriting the Walton & Cotton masterpiece for the 21st century.

TCA3 does for The Compleat Angler what The Da Vinci Code did for The Last Supper.

TCA3 strips away the surface of an iconic masterpiece to expose a litany of deceit, betrayal and a shocking stark reality far removed from the tranquil tome of true friendship and rose-coloured memories. TCA3 zestfully harpoons the great white whale that is The Compleat Angler and jestfully lampoons that great white elephant The Da Vinci Code … to such an extent that TCA3 is not so subtly sub-titled The Last Fish Supper.

“If fishing is the contemplative man’s recreation, then 'The Compleat Angler' is the contemplative man’s holy book. It is itself as much a contemplation as it is a guide - equally at home in a tackle box or on a desk in a lamplit study, next to three fingers of your favourite bourbon."

James Freitas on Medium.com (2019)

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“The Compleat Angler is the most reprinted book in the English language after the Bible and works of Shakespeare. A pioneering work, becoming the anglers’ bible, a classic guide to the joys of fishing and a portrait of life in 17th-century rural England.”

Dalya Alberge in 'The Times' (2004)