Harrison Idol is a sportsman, fly fisherman, Army officer and budding antiquarian currently building up his collection of antique sporting books, in Ellicott City, Maryland. After a reading from The Compleat Angler written in 1653 about fly tying & trout, Harrison opens on growing up on his family's generational tobacco farm in North Carolina. While inspired by vintage sporting aesthetics, Harrison boldly embarked on an impressive collection of antique fishing & hunting books dating back to the 15th-century.  From Ancient Rome to the medieval, we hear of Dame Juliana Berner's 1420 treatise - the first English book on fishing - which introduces angling not solely as a means to acquire food, but as a contemplative art loaded with Christian symbolism. A prayer, a 350+-year-old trout recipe, an unlikely collaboration between men of vice & virtue; pike folklore; and historical rod & tackle materials; Harrison's collection culminates with a leather bound, time worn copy of the famous 17th-century instructional fishing narrative, The Compleat Angler. Bringing this episode into the spirit of the autumnal season, we end on a hunting ghost story from Harrison's old family farm. Reading from <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Angler-Izaak-Walton/dp/0486431878?adgrpid=177218404023&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=748008426915&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2359665871650411712&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008971&hvtargid=dsa-2414841787886&hydadcr=&mcid=&hvocijid=2359665871650411712--&hvexpln=67&tag=googhydr-20&hvsb=Science_d&hvcampaign=dsadesk'>The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton</a>. Follow Harrison on <a href='https://www.instagram.com/idol.hour'>Instagram @idol.hour</a> Support <a href='https://www.patreon.com/ournuminousnature'>Our Numinous Nature on Patreon</a>. Follow <a href='https://www.instagram.com/ournuminousnature/'>Our Numinous Nature</a> & my naturalist illustrations on Instagram Check out my <a href='https://ournuminousnature.bigcartel.com/'>shop</a> of shirts, prints, and books featuring my art Contact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com

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