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can be made,. but to the fly fisher it is, to say the 

 least, a tantalizing and difficult river to fish; for 

 bobbing or bottom fishing it is more accessible. 

 No wading is permitted, and if it was, the river 

 is far too deep and strong to wade. Another of 

 the troubles which the past neglect of the riparian 

 owners has brought about is that it abounds with 

 chub and pike and other coarse fish, and also 

 with otters, and until these enemies of the trout 

 and grayling are thinned out it would be useless 

 to attempt to restock it. I am informed that a 

 praiseworthy effort is now being made in earnest 

 to restore the river to its pristine high-class 

 character, both by clearing out the coarse fish 

 and restocking with trout and grayling, so that 

 in the near future subscribers may look for a 

 better return than they have lately been enabled 

 to obtain. The effort certainly deserves warm 

 encouragement. 



On Saturday, June 6th, we availed ourselves 

 of a cordial invitation from a correspondent to 

 fish this river in the neighbourhood of Kingsland, 

 and he also obtained for us an order to fish in 

 another quarter on Monday, June 8th, of which 

 we gladly made use. Of our doings on these two 

 occasions I will speak later on. 



After those excursions we returned to head- 

 quarters on Monday night, and on Tuesday 

 morning we were welcomed with a downpour of 

 rain, which kept us close prisoners all day. 



