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fly season, however, a floating fly is now often used. 

 The March brown, I am told, appears on this 

 water, but I have not seen it there myself. The 

 artificial flies used include the March brown, blue 

 uprights, alder, olive dun, yellow dun, red spinner, 

 and May-fly. There are some grayling in the Wind- 

 rush above Bourton, with chub and dace below the 

 village. Down stream, at Burford and thereabouts, 

 the trout run up to 5 lbs., and only rise at a May- 

 fly or else at an Alexandra or some other large 

 fly of a fancy pattern. The average weight of 

 the trout killed need not be put at under 2 lbs., 

 smaller fish being rarely taken. Pike, chub, roach, 

 dace, and gudgeon are found in the water, and no 

 re-stocking with trout has been resorted to nearer 

 to Burford than Barrington. In the upper reaches 

 of the Windrush there has been no re-stocking at 

 all within the last half century. Some of the 

 scenery on the Windrush is decidedly picturesque, 

 and Bourton and Naunton are among the prettier 

 villages on this stream. 



The Coin has been gauged to be the fastest 

 flowing trout stream in Gloucestershire. It is a 

 beautifully clear water, and passes through The 

 a country the subsoil of which varies be- ^°^" 

 twccn stone brash, stone, freestone, and gravel. 

 Rising by Shipton in a mill pond the Coin flows a 

 distance of about twenty-seven miles to the Thames, 

 with which it unites at Lechlade. Among the places 

 the Coin passes are Wittington,Yanworth, the three 

 Coin villages, Bibury, and Fairford, which is six 

 miles from the Thames. Bibury or Fairford is a 

 convenient resort for the angler who has not per- 

 mission to fish private portions of the stream, there 

 being excellent stretches of water at both these 



