io8 Rambles with a Fisliing-Rod. 



over-fished. There is hardly a moment of the 

 day on which a weary-looking peasant, with a 

 long rod and an appendant grasshopper, is not 

 dangling this luckless insect on its waters ; and 

 for a very good reason, as trout are sold for 

 three francs the pound, so that every fish is a 

 small fortune to the frugal Swiss. The water 

 is very clear, and there is little opportunity, so 

 rapid is it generally, for any of the fly-fisher's 

 skill. On a warm day two or three fair-sized 

 fish may be taken here or there ; but to my 

 mind it is not worth any thought from an 

 angler who does not, like one of the inhabitants 

 of the valley, wish to make a few centimes by 

 his rod. 



I will give my opinion of the lake shortly ; 

 and then any one who may think of fishing 

 there, can form his own views from some short 

 notes of my fishing at Davos. There are plenty 

 of trout, probably some large ones, but the aver- 

 age size is about a quarter to half a pound ; a 

 good trout is three-quarters to one pound. They 

 seem to be shy risers ; and though, doubtless, on 

 a favourable day a good basket of fish might 

 be taken with the fly, yet on the whole it is not 

 a trustworthy lure. On all hands it is agreed 



