60 BY SOOK AND BY CSOOK. 



As upon every river, so the angler may have a bad 

 day upon Eden, but it is seldom that he should return 

 to his quarters with less than three or four brace, 

 while on an average to a good day he may expect to 

 basket from eight to twelve brace, and often more. 

 The average weight about ten miles from Carlisle 

 would be about \ lb. a piece, perhaps rather more ; 

 while on a fair day the creel should contain fish of 

 f lb. to 1 lb., and over, possibly up to 3 lb. 



Upon the rise of fly, as on most rivers, mainly 

 depends the size of the bag, but it seldom fails to put 

 in an appearance during some hour of the day ; before 

 and after this occurs the angler must be content to fish 

 ^' blind ^' the streams and eddies, and will probably 

 pick up a fish here and there ; but in the spring, 

 between the hours of eleven and two, the feed will 

 generally appear, and then the real fun takes place. 

 At about the time the rise may be expected, the angler 

 had best arrange to be handy at some good long stream, 

 so that he may commence operations so soon as the fly 

 appears, and make hay while the sun shines, as there is 

 no knowing how soon it may cease. 



When the feed comes sailing down the necks of the 

 streams, the fish appear to draw up from the flats or 

 deep pools below, and make the water fairly boil where 

 a few minutes before not a fish was to be seen ; now, if 

 the angler is up to his work he will grass several brace 

 of fish in a very short space of time and water, until, as 

 suddenly as it commenced, the rise ceases, the fish, so 



