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it takes its rise in the open moor, and it is a clear 

 and rapid stream. On Dartmoor, and for two miles 

 below, trout are plentiful but very small. Lower 

 down the Yealm the fish run up to h lb., and a 

 i^-lb. fish has been taken. The best artificial 

 flies are thought by local anglers of experience to be 

 the blue upright, the half stone, the coch-a-bonddu, 

 and the infallible. On the upper parts of the 

 Yealm the artificial fly is commonly used, but 

 near the estuary the Devon minnow is preferred 

 by most anglers. The Yealm has during the 

 summer months a good number of salmon-peel. 



The Avon is a stream of about eight-and-twenty 

 miles in length, which rises on Dartmoor, and flows by 



The Brent, Diptford, Loddiswell, and Aveton 



Avon Gifford, up to which place the tide flows. 

 It receives some small tributaries, the largest of 

 which is the VVoodleigh Brook, which flows in a 

 few miles above the estuary. Brent is the best 

 place for the angler to make his headquarters at 

 on the upper portion of the stream, and by a small 

 daily payment the lower waters may be fished from 

 Newhouse or Loddiswell where there is accom- 

 modation. Trout are fairly plentiful, though they 

 run somewhat small, and the best flies are per- 

 haps the blue upright ; the coch-a-bonddu is also 

 used. 



The Tamar, says Skrine, ''abounds in fine fea- 

 tures and majestic outline." Rising in the parish 



The of Moorwenstowe, in the extreme north- 

 Tamar q^-^^ corner of Cornwall, it flows in a south- 

 east direction to the English Channel at Plymouth, 

 passing through much beautiful scenery, and separ- 

 ating for many miles the counties of Devonshire 

 and Cornwall. Its watershed is largely under 



