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affords accommodation to ang-lers who do not care to 

 conform to the inflexible rules of the railway time- 

 table, or to perform a three-mile walk after their day's 

 sport is over. James Wright of Sprouston is a delicate 

 dresser of Tweed flies both for salmon and trout. 



The Eden, which enters from the north a little be- 

 low Sprouston, is referred to by Mr. Stoddart as held 

 in good repute by the angler. " I have already al- 

 luded/' he says, " to the superior quality of its. trout, 

 which are red-fleshed, and deep in the shape. There 

 is a fall on this stream at Newton-Don, below which 

 the true breed of Eden is intermixed with other va- 

 rieties. May and June are the months when the 

 Eden trout are in the highest perfection, and the 

 worm at this period is a deadly bait. The largest 

 trout I ever killed in Eden weighed two pounds, and I 

 have frequently taken, among others, a dozen weighing 

 a pound a-piece. Of late years, the fish have greatly 

 decreased in size, but their quality, when in season, 

 is still good." The Eden is, we believe, a very early 

 river, and may be fished in March with good success. 



Birgham- water comes next to Sprouston, and is 

 leased by a Scott. Grilse fishing in August and Sep- 

 tember is the principal feature of the angling* in this 

 district and for the rest of the Tweed ; and in some of 

 the Birgham casts, in a good season, great sport may 

 be had. Carham-water, which succeeds, belongs to 

 Mrs. Compton, of Carham Hall, and part of it is, we 

 believe, not let, but retained by Mr. Richard Hodgson 

 for rod-fishing. Although it is upon the grilses that 

 most reliance is to be placed, we recollect to have 

 been a 2 7 -pounder taken there, six or seven years ago. 



