182 THE BOEDER ANGLER. 



a mile of water nearly clear from wood below Grant's, 



— but a General Somebody, who rents a bouse in tbe 



neigbbourbood, bas set up a claim to preseiwe part 



of it. It is less tban a quarter of a mile in extent, 



and is not a very cboice piece of water ; so before tbe 



bulking plougbman wbo acts tbe gamekeeper can get 



down to tbe trespasser, be will probably bave pretty 



well ransacked tbe General's treasures, and can eitber 



make an apology or not, as be tbinks proper, before 



walking off. Tbe worm, used witb a sbort line, and 



dropt into tbe streams from bebind trees, is, bowever, 



effective in tbe Eye ; and in a flood, we sbould tbink 



a basket-full of very good trout migbt be got witb tbe 



dipping-minnow, wbicb we bave already described — 



(see tbe T>ye^ in Cbapter VII.) — and wbicb could be 



wrougbt under tbe tree-roots, wbere tbe large fisb lie 



on tbe look-out. Tbere are some bleacbing-mills or 



otber works a little above Reston, wbicb spoil tbe Eye 



in tbe immediate neigbbourbood of tbat village ; but a 



little fartber down it in great measure recovers itself. 



Tbere is still, in tbe four miles between Reston and 



Ayton, a good deal of interruption to angling caused 



by wood ; but mucb of it is open, and may be fisbed 



profitably witb fly. Tbe worm, bowever, is tbe most 



effective lure, tbe stream running favourably for its 



use. Tbere is also a paper-mill at Ayton, wbicb bas 



anytbing but a beneficial efiect upon tbe angling. 



Below tbat little town, tbe Eye flows tbrougb tbe 



grounds of Ayton Castle, and is probably preserved, 



altbougb we bave fisbed it witbout interruption, but 



so early in tbe morning tbat perbaps tbe gamekeeper 



bad not got up. Tbere are capital trout in tbis part 



