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and in some years I believe its members have had very fair sport. The best time for 

 salmon fishing is from the end of March to May. A long cane rod and a large primitive 

 fly are used by the local fishermen there. Some of these throw a line beautifully with 

 a sort of underhand cast ; they also fish a good deal with Mayfly and worm. 



The trout abounds in all rivers in the north of Spain. My experience is limited 

 to the provinces of Asturias and Santander, where I had very fair sport in the spring of 

 1899 on the rivers already mentioned. My best day was on one of the tributaries of the 

 river Deva, when I caught about forty trout, weighing on an average half a pound. 



Such, then, is a very brief outline of present-day sport in Spain. 

 It may be found that I have said overmuch of the large royal 

 and other preserves, and too little, on the other hand, of the sport 

 that is open to all, foreigners included. In some measure my friend 

 Mr. Larios has remedied this. And. apart from the fact that Messrs. 

 Chapman and Buck have exhausted this aspect of the subject for 

 English readers, it seemed to me that the private shooting would 

 give the best idea of the sporting capabilities of the country, and 

 I wrote of what I knew. 



