THE SOUTH COUNTRY 

 TROUT STREAMS 



PART 1 

 CHAPTER I 



SOUTH COUNTRY ANGLING 



It is a somewhat curious fact that a trout- 

 fishing expedition orhoHday commonly conveys the 

 idea to the south country man, and more especially 

 perhaps to the Londoner, of a trip to the north of 

 England, to Wales or Scotland, or even much further 

 afield to the streams and lakes of Scandinavia. 

 Devonshire, it is true, is widely known and 

 recognised as a trout-fishing county, but, setting 

 that single county aside, one may say that the 

 south and south-west parts of England are not 

 usually thought of in connection with trout and 

 trout fishing, as are the more northern parts of the 

 country. Scotland is perhaps mfJre generally 

 regarded as the true home of the trout and as the 

 natural resort of the trout fisherman than any other 

 part of the United Kingdom ; and it is certain that 

 Scotland contains — as, for the matter of that, so do 



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