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and the artificials include the blue uprights, red 

 palmer, coch-a-bonddu, &c. Nearly the whole of 

 the upper portion of the Lynher is in the hands of 

 ]\Tr. Rodd, who is generous in granting permission 

 to many fly fishermen. The water three miles 

 below Trebartha Hall is poisoned by the Phoenix 

 Mine, and no fish are found from that point to the 

 estuary. Salmon and peel used to ascend the 

 stream, but not one has been seen for the last forty 

 or fifty years, though the remains of salmon 

 hatches are still in existence, as well as the lease 

 of the old Trebartha Mill, with its weir and salmon 

 hatch. The water is strictly preserved by the 

 owner of Trebartha Hall, and is about a six 

 or seven miles' drive from Launceston, the nearest 

 railway station. 



The Camel takes its rise between Boscastle and 

 Camelford, and flows south-west to a point close to 



The Bodmin, where it turns round and flows 

 Camel north-west, to empty itself into the sea at 

 Padstow Bay. It is navigable for eight miles from 

 the sea, and receives the following streams and 

 brooks : — the Gaspard, De Lank, Bisland Water, 

 Lanivet Water, Withiel Water, Kestle Water, and 

 Combe Water. Besides these streams, the Camel 

 is fed by very many rivulets coming from the 

 wild moors of East Cornwall. On or near the 

 banks of the Camel are Camelford (King's Avon 

 Hotel), which ma}^ be made headquarters, if the 

 angler is fishing the upper part of the stream ; 

 Michaelstow ; St. Tudy, which lies midway between 

 the Camel and its chief tributary the Kettle ; 

 Bodmin ; and Wadebridge, where the estuary begins. 

 A Cornwall angler writes to me concerning the 

 Camel and its district : — " If the fishing is confined 



