4i 8 Fishing Localities. CHAP. xxvi. 



full of fish. It is easily commanded by an i8-ft. rod. He killed with 

 gilt spoon and black fly, and had other flies carried away. The fishing 

 stops as soon as the snow begins to melt on Safaid Koh, about March. 



D., in the Field of 26th June, 1880, gives a long description of 

 fishing in this valley. 



Dr. W. writes that for the first three stages in Bolan Pass he caught 

 good Mahseer, and the river is full of fish. That a Carp of some sort 

 was in every puddle, spring, or river, in abundance in the Bolan Pass 

 and thereabouts. He caught them up to 4 Ibs. with a spoon, but the 

 average weight was about \ lb., a worm close to the bottom being a 

 killing bait. 



