CULTURE + TEXAS
RIGHT ANGLING Clockwise from top left: Fortnum & Mason wicker hamper with picnic blanket, approximately $145, fortnumandmason.com. HCB Sueños 53foot center-console fishing yacht, about $1 million, hcbyachts.com. Simms G4Z Bootfoot three-layer Gore-Tex waders, $1,000, simmsfishing.com. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, first published in 1653 and still a defining book about fishing and friendship, approximately $500 to $2,500, Jonkers Rare Books, Oxfordshire, England, jonkers.co.uk. Filson Fly Fishing Guide Vest with sheepskin fly patch, $300, filson.com. Abel SDF reel, from $695, abelreels.com.
This day’s fortune and pleasure, and the night’s company and song, do all make me more and more in love with angling. IZAAK WALTON The Compleat Angler BRIGGSFREEM AN.COM
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