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when the weather is unfavourable to the former. 

 The trout will rise here in very cold weather. We 

 have known them taken with the fly in December 

 and January with snow on the ground, and snow 

 water in the lake.* Fly-fishing is often pursued 

 from the shore, and some insist that it is very 

 killing. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn has several 

 boats on the lake, one of which may be had by 

 sending a man with your card to Glanllyn, about 

 four miles distant, where the boats are kept, and 

 this difficulty is purposely interposed to prevent' 

 the free use of the boats being abused. Several 

 rivers fall into the lake. Certainly they are but 

 brooks, but after rain the sport in all of them is 



* On the 15th Jan. 1853, a trout was killed in Bala 

 Pool by Mr. Edwards, of Vrongoch, who was fishing 

 from shore. The fish was taken with a small dun fly, 

 and weighed six pounds. Sir C. Hamilton killed with 

 the fly in May and June 1852, 1185 trout, chiefly in the 

 rivers falling into the lake. The flies with which he 

 killed most were the Gravel fly and February red. 

 Mr. Edward Whately, who has fished Bala Lake of late 

 years most assiduously, has killed several large fish. 

 In trolling for pike, a few years ago, he hooked and 

 killed after an hour's sport a trout weighing ten pounds 

 and a quarter. At other times he has killed them from 

 four to eleven pounds weight. His nephew and him- 

 self, on one occasion, killed from one boat at the same 

 time two pike, the one weighing eight, the other twelve 

 pounds. 



