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to the Camel, St. Breward probably makes the 

 best centre, though Camelford is regarded as a 

 good spot for the angler, because it commands 

 several other waters. The Devil's Jump Stream, 

 which rises near Roughton, and joins the Camel at 

 the Devil's Jump about two miles from Camelford, 

 is a good water, and open till near the point where 

 it unites with the main stream, where it becomes 

 wooded, and fly fishing is difficult. The Valency 

 river is also a good trout water. It is five 

 miles from Camelford, and, rising between 

 Lesnewth and Otterham stations, joins the sea at 

 Boscastle." 



Trout are decidedly plentiful on the Camel and 

 its tributaries, and seven dozen or over have been 

 taken by an angler in an afternoon. A con- 

 siderable number run up to about h lb. ; a few 

 are taken of i lb. ; whilst about the largest on re- 

 cord seems to be one of 2 lbs. The artificial flies 

 chiefly used include the blue uprights, red palmer 

 yellow dun, blue dun, willow fly, alder, coch- 

 a-bonddu, red spinner, and the coachman for 

 evening fishing. There are no angling clubs or 

 associations on the Camel, and it is often possible 

 to get permission for a day or two's angling in the 

 main stream, or in the tributaries, some of \vhich 

 flow through remote districts where heather, stunted 

 grass, and the whortleberry form almost the sole 

 vegetation. The low^er parts of the Camel are 

 chiefly wooded. Some salmon and salmon-peel 

 come up the Camel, and are to be taken at times 

 with the fly. 



The Fowey rises near Brown Willy and, flowing 

 south by Bodmin Moor, runs for some miles 

 parallel with the Great Western Railway between 



