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The higher sections of the Ribble, ahove 

 Clitheroe, afford fair sport in the spring and 

 autumn. From this town to Settle, the fishing 

 is very good, and the country open and pleasant. 



The Don springs from the wild and moorland 

 district near Penniston, and being joined hy the 

 Hadbeck, and Weiite, pours its waters into the 

 Ouse. The Foss rises near Craike- Castle, and 

 is a fish able stream in the early part of the 

 season. 



The Wliarfe has a run of full thirty miles 

 before it pours its waters into the Ouse, a short 

 distance above Selby. This river takes its rise 

 from the high lands near Mardile Moor, and 

 before it reaches near to Knaresborough Forest, 

 it is considerably increased by the accession of 

 several smaller streams, in many of which a 

 number of small trout are to be caught with 

 worm. The professed anglers on the Wharfe 

 give a decided preference to black and dun 

 coloured flies, during the summer months ; and 

 lighter ones, in the spring months of March, 

 April, and May. 



Most of the rivers and streams which lie 

 between Leeds and the borders of Lancashire 

 and Westmorland, for a breadth of twenty miles, 

 are of no importance or use to the angler. They 

 are all poisoned with dyes and filth of every 



