CONCLUSION. 245 



name down, and wait his chance of election for a 

 considerable time, when a vacancy in the limited 

 list of membership occurs. 



The societies of great cities are also in some 

 cases limited in their numbers, but vacancies are 

 more frequent in them, and membership is not so 

 difficult to attain. The subscriptions to the leading 

 angling clubs which rent water, such as the True 

 Waltonian, Piscatorial, Gresham, Friendly Anglers, 

 Highbury, Thorney Weir, City of London Pisca- 

 torial, Palmerston, and Blenheim societies, vary 

 from about a guinea and a half to about ten guineas. 

 The leading provincial societies make a somewhat 

 similar demand on their members. Most of the 

 important rivers in England and Wales are 

 preserved in some part of their course by some 

 club or other, and fishing can usually be obtained 

 in that part, either by joining the club or by taking 

 out tickets as its rules permit, for the day, week or 

 month. 



If an angler of moderate means lives in a district 

 where there is water, but no club or society to take 

 advantage of it, he would do well to try and start 

 one, or, failing that, what is called a " syndicate," 

 the combination of a few men to take a piece of 

 water, look after it, and fish it. There are still in 

 many parts of the country neglected streams which 



