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in or out of season, no great reliance should be placed 

 upon this experience. 



The conditions upon which the tickets are granted 

 only admit of the use of the artificial fly, and no wading 

 is allowed. This is as it should be, as with a single- 

 handed rod of 12 feet the angler can command the 

 stream, and even if he could command only half of the 

 water from either bank the admission of wading would 

 certainly ruin the fishing. 



The Wye runs through a limestone country, and is 

 seldom out of order, as the milky colour it obtains after 

 rain soon fines down ; whereas the Derwent comes down 

 very red, and takes a day or two to get into order. 



The watersheds of the two rivers, although adjacent 

 to each other, must be very different from a geologist's 

 point of view. 



The Derwent in this district runs through the pro- 

 perty of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to whom 

 the thanks of anglers are due for permission to fish by 

 ticket granted to visitors at the Edensor Hotel, Chats- 

 worth, about two miles from Rowsley Station, or to 

 those staying at the Peacock at Baslow, a couple of 

 miles further on — both most comfortable hostelries. 



Minnow- and bait-fishing are both recognized on the 

 Derwent. Waders are allowed and necessary, as the 

 river is wide ; but leggings suffice. 



The local flies, which differ from the ordinary species 

 generally known to anglers, are called '*^ bumbles." 

 They are hackle-flies of various colours, and can be 



