334 Fishing Localities. Chapt. "xxiv 



Extract from the "Asian" of 25th May, 1880. 



" Fishing from the Bimoor Territory to the Nepal Boundary. 



" I have fished all the rivers in this tract, except the Sarda, which 

 " is the Nepal boundary. 



" To begin : On the west, there is the Bata stream that runs from 

 "below Nahan to join the Jumna at Bata; abuut 1 mile from the 

 "junction up stream are two holes that used to be capital fly-fish 

 " places. I have known 80 fish taken with a single rod in one day 

 " out of these two holes. My largest take from there was 36 fish, but 

 " I only tried for the larger ones. 1 once saw a 6 lb. Mahseer caught 

 " there with atta, but from 2 ozs. to 2 lbs. is the usual thing with fly, 

 " and both Mahseer and trout are caught. The trout (so called) is 

 " also a species of carp, but he is a very game, handsome fish ; 

 " occasionally fish of other sorts are caught that look like roach. 



" We used to have our fancy flies, but I am of opinion that 

 " Indian fish generally take a fly in mistake for a young fish or 

 " fry ; I say generally, as I have seen them taking an insect often 

 " such as locusts, larva of insects, and flying ants. 



" Red and black palmers are favourites, and a sort of red palmer 

 " with a tail is my especial. He is made of a single hackle feather 

 "of the jungle-fowl or red game; that and a black one and a fly 

 " with white body, dirty yellow tail, and floriean or houbara wing. 



"The Jumna is a splendid river for fly or spinning. 1 have 

 '• been told that pure white and pure yellow flies are the best in 

 " this river, but I have found the ordinary* ones do very well indeed. 

 " This river seems a favourite one for Mahseer; when the dirty water 

 "of the melted snows come down in May, making the Jumna as dirty 

 " as the Thames, large bags are made. The river is shallow in the 

 " parts mostly fished over, and perhaps the fish see the lure more 

 "readily than in deeper streams. The old town of Simoor. said bo 

 "have been deserted 1,000 years, is on the banks close to the lake. 

 " Portions of the paved streets and many gods, etc., are still to be seen 

 " lying in the jungle. The Jumna is a good river for monsters. The 

 " Tons very bad fishing always. I have not gone in much for the big 

 " river fishing, as to be successful, you must have Mullahs with Sinai's 

 " (inflated skins), and I never fancied this mode of fishing. The Arson 

 " has yielded many fish to my rod, and all with By. I prefer the first 



* I do not understand what i* meant ; I have a shrewd suspicion one is as good 

 as another, and perhaps ■■< good deal better. 1 have already said my say us au un- 

 believar in the matter of Balmon Bus. 



