222 Angling Travels in Norway. 



may easily tottle up to an alarming total in the course 

 of a few weeks, and how one regrets those accidents or 

 blunders when small waters suggest the season's close ! 



To best fish this river I think the angler should use 

 as big and powerful a rod as he can comfortably wield — a 

 reel with strong check (mine has double the resistance of 

 those in general use, and was made specially for me by 

 Hardy Bros., of Alnwick), to hold 150 yards of line, of 

 suitable weight for the rod. At the beginning of the 

 season he will require the best treble-gut casts and traces, 

 and the single-gut he uses later on should be of the 

 best and strongest quality. 



He should be provided with flies of sizes from 7/0 to 

 3/0, spoons of from ll inches to 2l inches, and phantoms 

 of from 3 inches to 4^ inches, the brown soleskin pattern 

 being as good, if not better, than any others for this water. 

 All other tackle he may leave at home. Upon the first 

 beat I am told that in low water fish have been killed 

 with prawn, but I speak not from experience. 



About fifteen miles from Biilken Station, the little 

 river Dale rises, and, after a course of a few miles, falls 

 into the fjord. This river is rented by a party of Nor- 

 wegian sportsmen, who were kind enough to entertain me 

 with the best of rural hospitality. 



The river is small, but contains salmon up to 20 lbs., 

 and many sea-trout, for which it is in reality more suitable ; 



