THE CLWYD AND ELWY 139 



St. Asaph. Rhuddlan is a mile or so below the 

 top of the tidal water, and a walk along the 

 river past the fine old ruins of Rhuddlan Castle 

 is a very enjoyable one. Some of the tidal pools 

 look very attractive, but I was told by local 

 anglers that it is the exception rather than the 

 rule to get any fish in them. Above the tideway 

 the river's course is broken by most inviting- 

 looking streams and pools right up to the Junc- 

 tion. The chief sport on this reach is with sea- 

 trout and salmon chiefly the former in the 

 autumn, and on the few occasions I fished it 

 when the water was in order I saw quantities 

 offish; in consequence of the low state of the 

 rivers, they were unable to get up beyond the 

 Junction and Railway Bridge Pools. On my 

 first visit to the Railway Bridge Pool, I had a 

 chat with an angler, whom I found out after- 

 wards was Mr. Percy J. Tayler, hon. sec. of the 

 Llanfair and Llangerniew Angling Association, 

 whose water is higher up the Elwy. Like all 

 other anglers I met in Wales, he was most kind 

 in giving information. He had killed about four 

 brace of good sea-trout on the worm; fly, he 

 told me, was useless in the daytime. 



LIGHT-LEDGERING FOR SEA-TROUT. 

 Mr. Tayler, who is a most successful master 

 of the art, and other anglers, spoke of this worm- 

 fishing for sea-trout in an apologetic manner, 



