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The Tyne is not a good angling river until 

 you go about thirty miles from its mouth to 

 Hexham. A little above this place it separates 

 into two divisions ; the one called the South, 

 and the other the North Tyne. 



The river Reed, which runs into North Tyne, 

 is an excellent river for trout. It flows through 

 a wild and hilly country. Its bed is very rocky ; 

 and its waters frequently are forced through 

 chasms of rock, which create deep eddies or 

 whirlpools, very suitable for minnow fishing. 

 The best locality for traversing the stream is 

 to commence about four or five miles above 

 Otterbourne, where the famous battle was fought, 

 and descend the stream until it falls into North 

 Tyne. This will prove a pleasant and successful 

 range of water: and if the weather is even 

 tolerable, there is no fear of a fair portion of 

 sport. 



The sportsman will meet with long stripes of 

 still water in sections of the Reed ; but there are 

 but few trout in them. They mostly have a 

 clayey or spongy bed. All the expert anglers 

 in the neighbourhood affirm that they have 

 seldom, if ever, known many fish taken out of 

 these sluggish running waters, either with bait 

 or fly. This testimony from experience is, in 

 all cases, a good guide to travelling sportsmen. 



