CHAPTER XXXII 



FISHING 



There are probably few countries where a greater 

 variety of sport can be obtained than in British East 

 Africa, and of all these branches none has been so 

 little exploited or is so little known as the ancient 

 sport of angling. 



Up to the present time little or nothing has been 

 heard of the prospects of angling in this Protectorate, 

 because the majority of sportsmen leave England 

 thinking only of shooting, and bring no fishing tackle 

 with them while those who are fishermen, and bring 

 their tackle, generally fail to obtain any trustworthy 

 information as to where and when to fish and what to 

 fish with ; or they are unlucky in visiting rivers at the 

 wrong season, or rivers in which good fishing is never 

 to be had. Thus the angling possibilities of the 

 country have been left almost untouched, and the fact 

 that there is most excellent fly-fishing to be had in 

 many of the smaller streams, when they are low and 

 comparatively clear, remains practically unknown. 



In addition to this, there are probably few places in 

 the world where such magnificent sea fishing can be 

 obtained as at and near Mombasa, and other ports on 



the coast, particularly Malindi. Here, again, still less 



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