i66 SOUTH COUNTRY TROUT STREAMS 



Dart, which contains some sahnon-pccl, dace, and, 

 I believe, a (c\v perch, often runs low, and the best 

 fly fishing is over by May. The flies for this 

 stream are the blue uprights, March brown, and 

 rusty reds and blues. There are no angling clubs 

 on the Little Dart, and season tickets for eight 

 miles of the water may be obtained at the Fox 

 and Hounds at Eggesford. The fishing is free for 

 those who stay at the hotel. 



The Yeo is a considerable stream, joining the Taw 

 just below South Molton Road Station. Several 

 The of its branches rise in the high ridges 

 '^^^ which form the outskirts of Ex moor, and 

 they all contain plenty of trout, some of which 

 run up to half a pound. The streams, which in- 

 clude besides the Yeo, the Mole, the Bray, and the 

 Molland Water, are clear and rapid, and fly fishing 

 is the almost invariable method of angling prac- 

 tised. The blue uprights, March brown, and 

 fcbruary red are used at the commencement of the 

 season, and later on the black gnat, red spinner, 

 and May-fly, w^ith the coachman and white moth 

 for evening fishing. South Molton is the best place 

 perhaps for the angler to make his headquarters at, 

 and the George Hotel there has several miles of 

 fishing. Lord Poltimore preserves water on both 

 the Bray and Mole, and often gives leave to fish. 

 There are sometimes a few salmon and peel in the 

 lower waters of the Yeo, near its junction with the 

 Taw. 15oth Yeo and Mole have their origin in and 

 flow through rocks of the Devonian period. 



