Imperturbable Boatman. "Haud up yer rod, man! Ye have 'm! ye have 'm!"
Anecdote by Izaak Walton.—One Piscator, whom I will not further name, had a certain acquaintance who, through the credit he had gotten by his wealth, worth, and wit, came to be made a magistrate. Whereupon Piscator goes me to the river and catches a fish, which having brought home, he sends to the new-made justice with a note, saying, "Inasmuch, sir, as you are now promoted to the condition of a beak, I do send you a perch."
ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY
Customer (in a great hurry). "A small box of gentles, please. And look sharp! I want to catch a 'bus!!"