140 FLY FISHING FOR TROUT. 



another feature of the valley appears, the Great 

 Sedge is in flower. Until June the sedge forest 

 is composed of the tall yellow stalks of last 

 year's growth. The green shoots as they grow 

 slowly push them off, but they remain late in the 

 summer and it is not till August that the new 

 growth is complete. Then they are a glaucous 

 green, with feathery purplish heads, beloved of 

 night-flying moths. The forest is as tall as a 

 man, and so thick that you have to force your 

 way through it. 



As September runs to its end, some of the 

 special features of the valley disappear. It 

 becomes more like other landscapes; beautiful 

 still, but less individual. If you like you can 

 stay on for the grayling fishing and watch the 

 trees take on their autumn colours. You can 

 if you like. For myself I do not care to. So 

 by September, if you take my advice, you will 

 quit the valley, taking with you memories which 

 will never leave you. Another year has passed, 

 and you are lucky to have spent any of it by the 

 river. You will not regret your 'idle time, not 

 idly spent/ 



