Walton was born in Stafford and moved to London when he was in his teens in order to learn a trade.
Walton was not sympathetic to the Puritan regime of the 1650s and the work has been see.
However, the work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip to the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire.
The book was dedicated to John Offley of Madeley, Staffordshire, and there are references in it to fishing in the English Midlands.
The Compleat Angler reflects the author s connections with these two locations.
Walton was born in Stafford and moved to London when he was in his teens in order to learn a trade