1.0Orvis Newshttps://news.orvis.comPhil Monahanhttps://news.orvis.com/author/monahanprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VSHoMW8XJe"><a href="https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/bombshell-article-reveals-fly-fishing-text-older-treatyse-fysshynge-wyth-angle">Bombshell Article Reveals Fly-Fishing Text <em>Older</em> than the <em>Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle </em></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/bombshell-article-reveals-fly-fishing-text-older-treatyse-fysshynge-wyth-angle/embed#?secret=VSHoMW8XJe" width="600" height="338" title="“Bombshell Article Reveals Fly-Fishing Text <em>Older</em> than the <em>Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle </em>” — Orvis News" data-secret="VSHoMW8XJe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Haslinger Breviary codex Photo courtesy of Maggs Bros. Ltd., London, via amff.org One of the few things that almost every fly fisher knows is that the sport's first appearance in print was the Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, which may have been (but probably wasn't) . . .https://news.orvis.com/images/01-fly-fishing/2017/01-jan/haslinger.jpg