Fly-Fishing in the Bavarian Highlands. 6 1 



his face, whether of mere friendly recognition, 

 or whether of amusement at our having been 

 exploits by native ingenuity to the amount of 

 half a sovereign, we never knew. Into such 

 troubles as these even the best-intentioned 

 rambler must sometimes fall, when in search 

 of fishing in foreign countries. But it would 

 never have done to have left Oberstdorf with- 

 out fishing in the lller ; and fortunately better 

 success attended our application to the person 

 who rented the fishing in the lller from the 

 junction of the three streams as far as the 

 village of Fischen, a distance of about three 

 miles. For the sum of 5 marks (5s.), and 

 without any condition as to giving up the fish 

 which were taken, Herr Schwarz Kopfse gave 

 leave for two days' fishing for two rods though 

 he also kept strongly impressing upon us that 

 we were 011 no account to use nets, so little 

 idea of sport, as regards fishing, is there in the 

 German mind. The lller is a very rapid stream, 

 often divided into several branches, for its wide 

 bed of white stones and gravel is never wholly 

 covered except after a flood. Therefore, under 

 ordinary circumstances, the fishing along quite 

 half the course of the stream has to be done 



