2 26 Angling Travels in Norway. 



lu fishing the Evanger for the first two or three 

 weeks of the season I think the best phiu is to treat 

 every fish you hook as a big one until you see him, 

 and you probably will not be far out in your calcu- 

 lations. 



They are apt to deceive you as to their size for some 

 time, as many of these big ones do not exert themselves 

 until you think your time has arrived, then they go off 

 as fresh as kittens, and get the first run of you. This very 

 often means a hundred yards' rush and a dive amongst 

 rocks, followed by a breakage, unless you are alert and 

 have a rod and tackle of sufficient strength to hold their 

 heads up. Dee and Usk tackle is of no use here, as a 

 friend of mine ascertained to his cost. 



The Evanger fish, in anything like a good water, are 

 very free takers, but if they touch the fiy, or even miss it, 

 they rarely come a second time ; and it is always necessary 

 to study the light, or glare, upon each pool, for the water 

 is clear as crystal. 



The valley of the Evanger is narrow, and the approaches 

 to the river banks are generally abrupt and void of weeds 

 and reeds, so few water fowl frequent it in the breeding 

 season. I have now and again observed a few widgeon 

 race overhead, and for several successive nights I watched 

 an osprey visit one of the lake-like portions, but beyond 

 that I have only seen the usual small waterside-frequenting 



