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ably get a tight line and fish the same fly all day 

 and every day, and the reputation of the Bulldog 

 is greatly enhanced. Robert Strong asked the 

 writer to try the first one he tied, the result be- 

 ing two spring salmon, and the success of the 

 pattern was assured. An old Carlisle angler, 

 when asked by a stranger which was the best fly 

 for salmon on the Eden, said, "The one that's 

 always in the water, and not lying on the bank." 

 This is sound advice. If a man will keep on 

 flogging, vary the size of hook to the time of 

 year and state of water, use a dark fly in dull 

 weather and a bright fly in sunny weather, he 

 must be a duffer if he does not meet with sport. 

 Carlisle men, especially professionals, are fond, too 

 fond, of using the angel minnow and phantom. 

 As Dicky Routledge used to say, " They are good 

 flies in the autumn," when fish are not so lively 

 and want something drawn past their noses ; but 

 in the spring the fly is far and away the best 

 lure, and can be sunk at least two feet below 

 the surface by fishing a long line and keeping 

 the rod top down. Some of the proprietors, on 

 giving leave, forbid the use of minnows of any 

 kind on their water, as they believe, with some 

 reason, that this sort of fishing makes fish shy. 



Next to salmon, trout-fishing is the most im- 

 portant, and, no doubt, it gives sport and pleasure 

 to a much larger number. To get good baskets 

 of trout you must go above Wetheral ; and this 

 is not an easy matter, nearly all the water being 

 strictly preserved. But there is a good stretch 

 near Langwathby (where lodgings can be had), 

 which is open to the public, and I have known 

 good sport obtained there. Tickets can be ob- 



