

RIVERS OF THE DISTRICT 



from No. 4 to No. 10, Limerick or Kirby bend 

 (Kendal size). The standard flies for the river 

 are dressed as follows : Tail fly ; wings, from 

 speckled feather in partridge tail ; hackle ; black, 

 or black and white, with body of light blue 

 worsted. Middle dropper ; wings from tail feather 

 of grouse; hackle; black with yellow body. Top 

 dropper ; brown feather from partridge tail ; hackle 

 brown or red, with brown or brownish-red body. 



Excellent sport may be had with morts with 

 Pennell tackle when the water is slightly dis- 

 coloured. It is locally fished with an u-ft. to 

 13-ft. trout-rod, with a fine gut line about a foot 

 short of the length of the rod, and weighted so as 

 just to touch the river bed. The most deadly 

 places are in holes of from 8 to 12 feet deep 

 having a fair run of water through them. Some 

 of the heaviest takes of sea-trout are creeled 

 during the August and September moons with 

 fly. An ideal night for this class of fishing should 

 have the following conditions soft and warm, sky 

 overcast, with the moon rising about half-an-hour 

 after twilight. A few fish will be obtained as the 

 day is going, then will come a blank period 

 between that time and until the light of the moon 

 through the overcast sky begins to fall on the 

 stream. At this time fish come on the feed again, 

 and will continue doing so while the moon lasts, 

 Should the sky not be overcast, or should rain be 

 approaching although it may not fall for a day 

 or so or if water-frost be on the river, the angler 

 may take down his rod and go home. 



The best places for this class of fishing are the 

 top end, or stream, and the bottom end, or " draw " 

 of some big hole. Such places should be visited 



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