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THE ANGLER'S DIARY. 



Whitby (^Yorkshire). — See Sealholme Bridge. 



Whitchurch.— The Test. Trout, grayling, and pike. Per- 

 mission may be obtained (see Stockbridge). 



WiCKHAM (Hants). — There is a nice little trout stream here, but 

 rather closely preserved, and it is diflficult to get a day (see 

 Titchfield). 



WiGMOEE {Herefordshire). — On Lugg. Contains trout and gray- 

 ling. The best flies are the grannam, March browns, blue 

 duns, coch-y-bonddhu, and wiUow fly. 



WiNSHAM. — On the Axe (see Axminster and Seaton). 



Yarcombe. — On Yarty. Good accommodation can be had here 

 (see Axminster and Stockland). 



WALES. 



Aberdovet. — There are two rivers in the neighbourhood, the 

 Dorey and the Disynvy. The latter is unpreserved, and 

 has a fair amount of trout and sewin (see Towyn). 



Abergavenny. — On Usk. Trout and salmon. The river is 

 preserved by an association. Tickets can be obtained in the 

 town. The two best hotels are the Angel and the Swan. 

 Trout fishing tenninates on September 1, and salmon 

 fishing on October 14 (see Trostrey and Usk). The Aber- 

 gavenny district extends through the lands of the Earl of 

 Abergavenny, Mr. Hanbury Williams, Col. Tynto, Rev. W. 

 Powell, Pencae Farm. 



Bala. — There is a famous lake here, and there is very good 

 fishing. Sir W. W. Wynne has, however, refused to 

 permit any one to fish it, notwithstanding that hitherto 

 leave has been freely granted, and there is a capital hotel 

 on the spot which -will suffer much by Sir Watkin's 

 conduct. 



Bangor. — On the river Ogwen. Salmon, sea trout, and trout. 

 Col. Pennart presei'ves for his own private use the water 

 one mile from the sea, but above that any angler is at 

 liberty to fish (see Bethesda). 



Beddgelert. — At the base of Snowdon. There is a very nice 

 hotel there. The river Glasslyn runs by the place, and 

 there are plenty of trout in it. Lakes Gwynant and Llyn-y- 

 Dinas are near, where capital sport can be had. Tickets 

 must be obtained to fish the river. The best lakes in 

 Caernarvon are Llyn Ogwen, Llyn Idwell (close by Llyn 

 Ogwen), the Llanberris lakes, the lakes of Mantle, Llyn 

 Cwyellyn, Llyn Bauklwyd, Llyn Tal-y-Llyn, and Llyn 

 Orainant. The best flies for these lakes are : First — body, 

 orange mohair; legs, yellow hackle; wings, red feather of the 

 pheasant's tail, dressed smallish. Secondly — body, peacock's 

 herl ; legs, black ; wings, moorhen, dressed large. Thirdly — 

 body, peacock's herl ; legs, black ; wings, copper-coloured 

 mallard, dressed large. 



Bethesda. — Six miles from Bangor. The river Ogwen runs 

 through the place. There are two very decent inns. Salmon 

 and sea trout are occasionally caught, especially below the 

 village. The trout fishing, is, however, very indifferent 

 down stream. As you go up it improves ; and some three 

 miles above Bethesda as far as Llyn Ogwen the fishing is 

 decidedly good. Llyn Ogwen is one of the best lakes in 

 Wales (see Beddgelert). The chief hotel in Bethesda is the 

 Do.uglas Arms, the landlord of which has boats on Llyn 

 Ogwen (see Bangor). 



Brecon. — On Usk. Good trout fishing. The fishing is preserved. 

 Each subscriber to any portion is permitted to take a friend 

 ■with him to fish, to lend his ticket imder certain conditions 

 to a friend, or to either of his sons. A stream called the 

 Honddhu joins Usk above the town, and some way up fair 

 fishing can be had. 



BuiLTH. — Fair trout fishing can be obtained in the Honddhu, 

 which runs near the place (see Llanwrtyd). The river Wye 

 nms by the town. There are salmon, trout, grayling, pike, 

 perch, and dace to be caught. The May fly and Carshalton 

 cocktail are good flies. 



Caernarvon. — There is fair sea fishing hero. A line of rails is 

 laid to Lake Mantle, some ten miles off. The river Pont 

 Newyd runs near, famous for white trout. Within a 

 moderate distance are lakes Gwynant, Llanberris, and Llyn 

 Quellyn, of which the last is the best. There is a capital 

 little inn close by it called the Snowdon Ranger ; there are 

 daily conveyances to and from all these places. 



Cannofhce. — Welshpool is the nearest town, distant sixteen 

 miles. The river Vyrnu runs close by the highway. The 

 inn at CannoflEice is very comfortable. The water is open. 

 The fish run from a quarter of a pound to half a pound. 

 There are some capital lakes within three miles of the inn. 

 Some portion of the river is closed by Sir W. W. Wynne. 



Cerrig-t-Druidion. — See Corwen. 



CORWEN. — On the Dee. Trout and salmon. About a mile and 

 a half above this place the Alwen joins Dee. The trout 

 fishing is fair. The Druid's Inn, about two miles from 

 Corwen, is a good place to put up at to fish this stream. 

 Cerrig-y-Druidion is some six miles off, and here fishing is to 

 be obtained in the Ceirw, which is full of trout. The Ceirw, 

 Alwen, and Dee, are free as far down as Llansantffraid. The 

 best hotel in Corwen is the Owen Glendower. There are 

 plenty of lodgings at Corwen and at various farms between 

 it and Llansantffraid. 



Criokhovstel.— On Usk. Trout. Capital fishing both above 

 and below the town. The Greater and Lesser Grwyney run 

 some three miles from here through the village of Llanbedr 

 (see Llanbedr). 



Hay. — On the Wye. Salmon, trout, grayling, pike, perch, and 

 dace. The May fly is good, also the Carshalton cocktail. 



Llanbedr. — About three miles from Crickhowel. The Greater 

 and Lesser Grwyney water the village. This is a good angling 

 station. 



Llanbrynmair. — On the Shrewsbury and Aberystwith line. The 

 best parts of the Severn and the Dovey are within easy reach 

 from here. 



Llandovery. — See Llanwrtyd. 



LLANGEDVfiN Inn. — On Taimat, some seven miles from Oswestry. 

 A very nice inn, the landlady of which can obtain leave to 

 fish for any one staying in the house. Salmon, trout, some 

 grayling, pike, eels, and lampreys, breed in Tannat. Some 

 of the trout are very large. There is a deep pool thickly 

 wooded, near the lower bridge, which is particularly good 

 (see Llanrhair-der-yn-Mochnant). 



Llangollen. — On Dee. Trout. The river is here very wooded, 

 BO deep wading is necessary or a knowledge of the manage- 

 ment of the coracle. There is good dapping under the 

 bushes. The Hand Inn is the best. 



Llanrhair-der-yn-Moohnant. — Some five miles from Llangedwin 

 Green Man Inn (see Llangedwin, Green Man Inn), a village 

 on the Moch, a large bum with plenty of trout in it, which 

 joins Tannat. A good fly for this stream is — body, hare's 

 ear and yellow wool mixed ; legs, freckled dun with reddish 

 tips : also sand-fly, red dipper, any of the lighter duns, 

 alder, willow, grannam, iron blue, and stone-fly. These are 

 good over all Wales. The two following are first-rate, viz. — 

 body, mole's fur ; wing, two small feathers, tipped reddish, 

 taken from the outside of the cock- sparrow's wing; and 

 body, hare's ear ; legs, feather from a partridge's back. 



Llansantffraid. — On Deo. Salmon and trout. The fishing 

 above the place is free, but below a ticket value 2s. (kl. 

 per day is required, and this enables you to fish to 

 Llangollen. The river is heavily woodod (seo Corwen). 



Llanwrtyd. — Between Llandovery and Buith. There is capital 

 accommodation at Dolecoed House. There is fair trout 

 fishing in the Tron, some little distance off, and also iu the 

 Irvon, which runs close by the house. The best trout 

 fishing in the Irvon is above the first falls, as below them 

 there are great numbers of chub, and dace, and eels. The 

 best trout fishing is some six miles up the river, but the 



