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the railway to Hawick superseded the coach that ran 

 past it between Edinburgh and Carlisle. It is about 

 a couple of miles from the Tweed, and still the best 

 station for fishing this part of the river. Caddon- 

 water itself is worth the angler's attention, especially 

 in exceptional states of water when the Tweed is un- 

 fishable. After rain, smaller waters are often falling 

 into the best condition for angling just when the main 

 river is rising to its height, and a minnow or worm 

 may be deadly in the Caddon when the Tweed is roar- 

 ing from bank to brae, and the sickened and terrified 

 trouts are thinking only of their safety as they keep to 

 the edge of the yellow flood that is covering haugh and 

 holm. Clovenford is about three miles from Galashiels. 

 Salmon-fishing may be said to begin at Holylee, a 

 number of grilse, and a clean salmon or two, being 

 usually captured by the rod so far up every season. 

 The Yair fishing-water, which is next to this, and ex- 

 tends a distance of about four miles from Thornylee 

 to Yair Bridge, is even let to a large party of Edin- 

 burgh anglers, who have a snug shieling on the water- 

 side at " The Nest," near Fairnilee, capable of accom- 

 modating, at a pinch, nearly a dozen. They are said to 

 be jovial fellows, and to enjoy themselves remarkably 

 in their excursions to Tweedside. We believe they pay 

 about £70 per annum for the water, and have, in addi- 

 tion to the salmon-fishings, a right of shooting over 

 some ground in the neighbourhood. Hitherto they 

 have slain more kelts than clean salmon, however, only 

 a very favourable flood ever bringing either the latter 

 or any considerable number of grilse into their water. 

 Mr. Kussel of the Scotsman^ a rather celebrated angler. 



