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of tile Teviotj and reached the main river at Kelso. 

 We have likewise set off from Berwick, and gone to 

 Coldstream or Kelso by railway, and thrown a line 

 on some of the intervening sections of the Tweed. 

 Anglers from Edinburgh may reach the Tweed by 

 Melrose, and those from Glasgow by way of Biggar, 

 Circumstances must guide the angler as to the eligi- 

 bility of each of these routes. 



But supposing that a tourist wishes to ramble 

 down the entire river, then he may commence fly 

 fishing for trout, soon after he leaves Twcedshaws. 

 In the spring, if it has been long very dry weather, 

 the streams are rather too small and clear to do 

 much execution, till you get below the Crook Inn. 

 Here the water widens a little, and gets fuller and 

 deeper. We meet with longer reaches of still water, 

 in which fish take shelter. They are, however, but 

 small fish in this part of the river, and salmon and 

 large bull trout are but seldom caught by rod. 

 There are very fine streams and long pools of water 

 from- the Crook to the junction of the Big-gar water 

 with the Tweed. 



The Heartstone mountain, near the Crook Inn, is 

 a magnificent object. The river runs here through 

 the hills in great beauty. Many anglers make the vil- 

 lage of Broughton their head quarters in fishing this 

 section of the Tweed. It is about a mile and half 

 from its banks, and there is a good inn, long esta- 

 blished, called the M 'Queen Arms, where there is 

 good tare at reasonable prices. This village is seven 

 miles from the Crook, and fourteen from Tweed- 



