A Defense of Fisherman

Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 12:04AM
El Guapo in History, Vintage, Writing, fly fishing history, legends of fly fishing, vintage fly fishing

In 1901, the Saturday Evening Post printed former President Grover Cleveland's “Defense of Fishermen,” in which Cleveland rose to protect the honor of the American angler. Critics, he claimed, were unjustly accusing fishermen (there is no mention of fishing women) of  “certain shortcomings and faults”: laziness, profanity, and dishonesty.

LINK (via: The Saturday Evening Post)

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