86 SOUTH COUNTRY TROUT STREAMS 



places which can be fished by ticket. The angler 

 may stay at The Swan at Bibury or The Bull at 

 Fairford. The proprietor of the Upper Coin 

 Trout Fishery is Mr. Woodman of the former 

 place. The Coin is an admirable stream for the 

 dry fly angler, and at Bibury and Fairford as well 

 as at the Coins it is unusual to find the angler fish- 

 ing in any other way. The fish killed average 

 perhaps a little over i lb., the usual limit being 

 I lb. or 1 1 inches. A few March browns are to be 

 seen on the Coin, and there is a good rise of May- 

 fly. The artificials used on this stream include the 

 usual chalk stream patterns of quills and duns, 

 together with the alder, sedge, Ogden's fancy, haw- 

 thorn, cowdung, black gnat, and governor. A 

 pattern of the sherry spinner (the imago of the 

 blue winged olive dun), tied by Mr. Lockwood of 

 Bibury, is also well spoken of The Coin has been 

 re-stocked in parts, and the results have been 

 satisfactory. There are but few coarse fish in the 

 stream till near the Thames, where big dace and 

 chub are found ; whilst crayfish, though diminished 

 in quantity as in many other waters, are still 

 noticed here and there. 



The Leach, a stream of some 19 miles in length, 

 rises at North Leach in Gloucestershire, and flows 



The by the villages of East Leach, Turville, 

 Leach Southrop, and Little Faringdon. It joins 

 the Thames a mile below Lechlade. The Leach 

 is a clear stream, flowing through a country the 

 subsoil of which is often rock, and it contains at 

 the present time plenty of trout averaging about 

 \ lb., though some are inclined to think that the 

 head of fish is not so considerable as it used to be. 

 There is often a good May-fly season, and then 



