Botham is an avid trout and salmon angler. Laas are fish, resembling angler fish. In southeast Alaska, halibut are second only to king salmon in sport angler preference. Roosevelt was an early angler and conservationist. A large Chinook is a prized and sought-after catch for a sporting angler. As he grew older he became a keen angler. Being a professional bass angler is a full-time job. These sponsorships help fund the expenses of being a bass angler. The river also features in the early chapters of "The Compleat Angler" by Izaak Walton. Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the angler, is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae. However, its famous son Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler, was a staunch Royalist. It also includes modern concerns about conservation and angler etiquette. This is a "downstream technique" where the angler moves in a downstream direction. Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" is similarly introspective. The first edition of his book "The Compleat Angler" was published in 1653.