152 SOUTH COUNTRY TROUT STREAMS 



passing Uffciilmc, Willand, and Cullompton, and 

 joining the Exe a little below Stoke Cannon. Its 

 chief tributaries are the Kentisbere Brook of four 

 miles in length, the Ashford Brook of about the 

 same length, and the Longford Brook. Trout are 

 numerous in the Culm, running commonly from 

 about seven ounces to one pound, and flies which may 

 be recommended are the blue upright, gold twist, 

 March brown, red palmer, silver twist, black gnat, 

 Culm spinner. Culm cinnamon — both dressed by 

 Mr. Austin of Tiverton — and May-fly. The stream, 

 which is clear and rapid, and contains trout only, 

 is preserved from Cullompton to Kensham Mills 

 by the Culm Fishing Association, which begins the 

 season on February 15th — the Culm, like the Otter, 

 is an early water — and ends on August 31st. 

 Season tickets for this water are obtainable, and 

 strangers, provided they live fifteen miles off, 

 may get a monthly ticket. At Culmstock, the 

 Culm Fishing Club has a portion of the stream up 

 to Hemyock. Strangers can have daily tickets, 

 and the season begins on February ist, and ends 

 on August 31st. Tickets for these lengths are to 

 be had at the Railway Hotel, Culmstock, and the 

 Railway Hotel, Cullompton. 



The Creedy is certainly one of the best trout 

 streams in Devonshire, and the fish run larger than 



The they do in most waters in the county. 

 Creedy From its source near Buddington to within 

 about four miles of the spot where it joins the Exe 

 a little above St. David's, it is a fairly rapid river, 

 flowing through a hilly country, and swelled by 

 several lesser streams, such as the Sandford Brook, 

 the Fordton, the Yeo, and — below Crediton — by 

 the Shobrook. From Crediton to Exeter is about 



