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Teviot. This stream, in its treating capacity, is well 

 worth the attention of the angler. It is not, however, 

 one where sport is at all certain, or where the fish are 

 at any time to be captured without skill. They are 

 more shy and moody, in fact, than in most rivers, and 

 require, in order to allure them, the finest tackle, and 

 a particular size and colour of fly. Dark hackles, or 

 dun-coloured dubbings are irresistible, but the hook 

 these are fitted to must agree in magnitude with the 

 condition of water and season of the year, in order to 

 do much execution and induce large trout to take it. 



The TEVIOT has its sources at Teviot stone, on the 

 heights which separate Dumfries-shire from Roxburgh- 

 shire. The length of its channel is upwards of forty 

 miles. It receives a great number of tributaries. 

 Those near its head are the Lymy-cleugh and Frostly 

 burns, the Allan and Borthwick waters, after which it 

 is increased by the Slitrigg, the Rule, the Ale, the Jed, 

 the Oxnam, and the Kale. Of these, the last-men- 

 tioned stream is in best repute among anglers. Some 

 years ago, in the neighbourhood of Hownam, ten or 

 eleven miles from Kelso, my friend Mr. Wilson and 

 myself captured betwixt us thirty- six dozen trout, in 

 the course of a day. The Kale, early in the morning, 

 happened to be in full flood, and in consequence, we 

 commenced our operations with the worm, by means of 

 which we took several large trout. One caught by Mr. 

 W. weighed about two pounds, and I landed another 

 out of the same stream, and at the same moment, only 

 half a pound lighter. In the Jed water, trout were at 

 one time numerous, but the bursting of some lime-kiln 

 near its sources completely destroyed them, and several 

 years have passed without altogether restoring this river 

 to its original renown. The Jed trout are pink fleshed 



