CHAPTER VIII. 



August 



OFF THE GREAT ORME'S HEAD. 



5EA FISHING with rod and line has not yet taken 

 the same hold in the North of England as it has 

 along the Southern Coasts. It must not be 

 forgotten, however, that excellent sport is to be 

 obtained in the Menai Straits, especially off the 

 Anglesey side and on the West Coast of Anglesey itself, 

 Cheap holiday tickets are granted by the London and 

 North Western Railway to most of the principal 

 stations, and although one cannot get back within the 

 day, still at holiday time, when a day or two can be got, 

 there are certainly worse ways of putting in the time 

 than a day or two spent amongst the grand mountain 

 scenery of North Wales. 



Going to Conway on a visit for a day or two, the sea 

 rod was accordingly packed and taken along. After a 

 few inquiries a good man was got hold of, and Bank 

 Holiday morning, shortly before six, saw the writer, his 

 brother, the local demon, and his assistant en route for 

 the fishing grounds. 



The pilot deserves a word or two on his own account. 

 The master of a local coaster; he is passionately 

 devoted to sea fishing, and spends most of his spare 

 time when not engaged in transporting slates or other 

 local products in fishing either with hand-line or small 

 trawl. He has at his disposal several boats, from a 

 5-tonner, used for trawling, to small boats easily sculled 

 by one man. 



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