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From about a mile below Llangollen up 

 to Bala, no part of the river is unworthy atten- 

 tion; but varying experience leads to various 

 opinions as to the best portions of the river. 

 One day's ground, if you have not time to take a 

 longer range, is to walk up to the Chain Bridge, 

 about two miles distant, and fish back to Llan- 

 gollen ; and we should remark, that with the 

 exception of the streams immediately below 

 Llantysilio Weir, you will have to return about 

 a mile before it will be of much use to throw the 

 fly again, the river being, for nearly that distance, 

 a succession of rocky torrents, difficult of ap 

 proach, and unsuited for the fly. From Pentre- 

 veylin Weir to Llangollen the streams are 

 exceedingly good, and when not over-fished 

 afford good sport. A stretch of a mile or mile 

 and a half higher up, to a farm called Pen-y-dre, 

 puts you in possession of the streams above 

 Llantysilio Weir, which generally afford excel- 

 lent sport. A five-mile walk, or drive, up to 

 Glyndwrdu, affords still better and more select 

 ground, the streams being admirable, and not so 

 much fished, and you may either fish up or down 

 the river ; but anglers coming from Llangollen 

 generally fish down again. 



The trout are not large in the Dee ; they 

 seldom average a quarter of a pound ; but still 



