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the Little Avon, are well supplied with trout, 

 and some of them with a fair proportion of 

 salmon. The angling here, in the early part of 

 the season, is good ; and in summer after a freshet 

 in any of those streams, fine sport may be 

 safely depended upon. 



Of late years the use of the minnow has 

 considerably increased in this part of England, 

 and does great execution, when the waters are 

 in a certain state, after a freshet. 



The Lower Avon springs from near to 

 Wootton-Basset, and divides the counties of 

 Wiltshire and Somersetshire, and passing Bath 

 and Bristol, falls into the Bristol channel. It 

 abounds with salmon and trout. 



