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Before concluding, we shall make a remark or 

 two on general matters connected with the 

 angling of the Derbyshire streams. These 

 shall he guided solely hy our own personal 

 experience and observation. As we know that 

 anglers have often opinions and systems of their 

 own, which are clothed with infallibility, we shall 

 not deliver our counsels with anything like a 

 dogmatical air. 



We have always found short lines advanta- 

 geous in these waters. The cast line and gut, 

 with flies on, should never exceed the length of 

 the rod. The narrow span of the river requires 

 this arrangement, in order to throw a light and 

 steady fly on the surface of those bright and 

 glassy waters. We have often seen the want of 

 sport' consequent on a disregard of this precau- 

 tion. Again, an angler must have a practised 

 eye relative to the haunts of fish in these rivers. 

 This is of mighty importance ; but it is one of 

 those habits which nothing save the closest and 

 most accurate observations will enable the angler 

 to form. When once possessed, however, it is 

 invaluable. And lastly, we would just remark, 

 that a light mode of skewing the line is often 

 useful, where the gushes and streams of air are 

 so irregular and opposite. The same mode of 

 throwing a line suited to the Tweed would be 



