116 'Dry-Fly Fishing. 



years past for a liberal number of days after June, I 

 plied my rod in the three miles of the main river, 

 mill, and side streams of the Abbot's Barton fishery 

 between Durngate Mill and Headbourne Worthy. 

 Also I was courteously offered sport in the lower 

 reaches at Twyford and Shawford. 



On my opening day, May 19th, at Winnall, a 

 leash of trout weighing 51b. 2oz. was killed. The 

 next time I tried was on June 3rd, for only a 

 quarter of an hour after sunset, in the much over- 

 fished public water known as " The "Weirs," when a 

 brace, 21b. loz., came to hand. On the 13th, a 

 brace was caught before noon in my private fishing, 

 weighing 21b. 15oz ., and on the 22nd, six, scaling 

 respectively in the order of capture lib. 9oz.,, 

 lib. 5oz., lib. 5oz., 2 Jib., 21b., and IJlb. ; aggregat- 

 ing 91b. lloz., and proving the best day's sport of 

 the season, although on one of its hottest days. 

 Two days after, in an hour while the sunset glory 

 was fading, a handsome brace weighing 3 Jib. was 

 brought to grass. And during July, in the same 

 limited extent of water, nearly always about 

 sundown, the following were creeled i.e., on the 

 1st, three fish, 41b. 2oz. ; on the 3rd, two, 21b. 3oz. ; 

 on the 14th, one, lib. 14oz. ; on the 18th, one, 

 lib. 2oz. ; and on the 29th, one, lib. 14oz. Also on 

 August 5th, one, lib. 9oz., and on the 8th, one,, 

 lib. 5oz. 



