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month or six weeks earlier. When I say 

 good baskets I refer to quantity not 

 quality; but, nevertheless, the angler will 

 sometimes meet with odd half or three- 

 quarter pounders. Vegetation is generally 

 backward in the moorland and hilly dis- 

 tricts, likewise the insect life. I have seen 

 a good hatch of March browns appear on 

 the water at the end of April and beginning 

 of May on Rede-water, whereas on the 

 main rivers it had been off fully a month. 



June is quite early enough to commence 

 operations in the moorland tributaries, and 

 owing to the scarcity of fly-life, trout are 

 naturally backward in condition. They do 

 not rise with freedom until there is a 

 regular supply of the natural fly on the 

 water, and this seldom occurs until June 

 is fairly established. 



THE CHARM OF THE BURNS. 



Two flies are ample for burn fishing, and 

 probably one may be used to greater 



