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weryn takes you to Festiniog, 19 miles. About 

 three miles this side of Festiniog is Llyn Mor- 

 wynion, celebrated for the beauty of its game 

 and lively fish ; it is, however, a difficult lake to 

 fish, requiring great tact and delicate handling 

 of the rod, as well as in the choice of the fly, and 

 only first rate anglers are able to boast of success 

 there ; the fish, too, are very capricious, and not 

 even the most finished artist can always tempt 

 them to rise. There are other lakes in the 

 neighbourhood, of which I know nothing except 

 by hearsay. 



In the river which runs down below Festiniog, 

 past Maentwrog, is the best sewin fishing I ever 

 met with in Wales. It is neclfesary, however, 

 to be on the spot in order to seize the right 

 moment for sallying forth, as 'it is only after 

 rain that there is any sport ; and the river being 

 short (only about six mileslof any body of water) 

 and fed from the precipitous mountains imme- 

 diately around, the river rises and falls in an 

 unusually short time. It is sometimes too great 

 a flood to fish at one part of the day, and, within 

 twelve hours, too low water to do any good ; 

 but for eight hours out of those twelve the sport 

 is magnificent, being entirely sewin or salmon, 

 from one up to ten or twelve pounds' weight. 



I shall never forget my first day's fishing there, 



