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of the second brace must not be less than twelve 

 inches each. Wading is not allowed, and the arti- 

 ficial fly is the only lure that can be used on the 

 Association water. 



The Windrush, the upper part of which belongs 

 to Gloucestershire and the lower to Oxfordshire, is 



rj., not one of the chalk streams. The " nitrous 

 1 ne 



Wind- Windrush," as it has been called, flows 

 ^"^ through a country the subsoil of which 

 varies considerably ; thus, for instance, we find 

 gravel at Bourton-on-the-Water, clay and brash 

 at Great Rissington, rock at Widford, and gravel 

 and rock at Burford. The stream rises at 

 Ginting Power in Gloucestershire. Seven miles 

 below this place is Bourton-on-the-Water, which 

 can be made headquarters by the angler who 

 desires to fish the upper Windrush or the Dickler, 

 a tributary of about six miles in length, con- 

 taining trout, which rises at Donnington Mill 

 and joins the larger stream between Bourton 

 and Rissington. Trout in the Dickler run smaller 

 than in the Windrush, and the flies and method of 

 angling are common to both waters. After passing 

 Rissington, the Windrush receives an unimportant 

 tributary and flows by Windrush, Barrington, 

 Tainton, Burford, Witney, Ducklington, and Stan- 

 lake. It joins the left bank of the Thames seven 

 miles above Eynsham. In its upper portions the 

 Windrush may be described as a fairly clear stream 

 flowing at a medium pace ; but below, at Burford 

 and Witney, it is usually inclined to be rather a 

 thick water, and at the former place its pace is on 

 the whole slow. At and about Bourton trout run 

 up to 2 lbs., and the wet fly would seem to be 

 the most usual way of taking them. In the May- 



