138 FISHING FOR PLEASURE 



the number of visitors from all parts of England 

 would greatly increase. There is such an un- 

 limited extent of good water open to the angler 

 that all that is required is real protection and 

 stocking as regards trout, and protection and 

 proper fish-passes for salmon and sea-trout. 



THE CLWYD AND ELWY. 



Rhyl is the best place on the sea from which 

 to fish two lovely trout streams, the Clwyd and 

 Elwy, which in the autumn often afford excellent 

 sea-trout fishing, with a good chance of a salmon 

 last month Major F. M. Leslie, a famous 

 angler and salmon fly-tier, recorded in the "Fish- 

 ing Gazette" the capture of a 25 Ib. salmon by 

 Mr. Kelly, and later one of 27^1b. by Lieut. - 

 Col. Bartley. It was Major Leslie's account of 

 the formation of the Clwyd and Elwy Fishing 

 Association a year or two ago, and information 

 kindly supplied by that very good angler, Mr. 

 H. Whitty, of Liverpool, which led me to select 

 Rhyl as head-quarters for our annual outing. I 

 was told that if I went up to the Junction Pool 

 I should see any quantity of sea-trout, and that 

 there was a good chance of getting a brace or 

 two with the fly in the evening or with the worm 

 in the daytime. 



The famous Junction Pool, where the Elwy 

 joins the Clwyd, is easily reached by rail or 

 road from Rhyl, either by going to Rhuddlan or 



