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What book about fly fishing did Sir Humphry Davy write in 1828?
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, detail of an oil painting after Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1828, Sir Humphry Davy wrote the book Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing. Written in the style of Izaak Walton, the work focused on fishing and featured engravings based on Davy's own drawings.1