FLY-FISHINQ ON THE OSTBA DAL EIVER, SWEDEN. 



Lake Siljan Posting up the Ostra Dal Trout -fishing at Sarna A Native 

 Angler A Surveyor Fishing at Foskran Successful Angling at 

 Helsjofors Alone A Maniac Lake Rogon Elk. 



THE following account of a fortnight's travel in search 

 of sport upon the Ostra Dal Eiver will serve to show 

 that recommendations of sporting localities in guide- 

 books are often too vague to be of much practical 

 benefit until the angler discovers the particulars for 

 himself. 



The text in question ran as follows, and would have 

 been correct with regard to the river of my choice, 

 had those words been added which are printed in 

 italics : " Among the best waters for trout and gray- 

 ling are the Messna and Laagen, which fall into Lake 

 Mjosen, the Storsjo and Foemundsjo, (the highest por- 

 tions of) the Ostra Dal Elv and other streams falling 

 into Lake Siljan, in Sweden." 



Lake Siljan is a large expanse of water situated 

 near the centre of southern Sweden, and boasting of 

 railway communication at its eastern extremity. The 

 Ostra and Westra Dal Eivers unite and form the Dal 

 Eiver, which joins the Gulf of Bothnia at Gefle. 



We were at first quite without information as to 

 where the angling commenced, but soon learned that 

 pike abounded in the lake (Siljan) and that a few trout 

 could be caught with cross-lines, while the captain of 



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