CHAPTER XVI 



DAYS ON THE LLEDR AND CONWAY 



[OR its short length, as a salmon 

 rod-fishing river, the Conway, in 

 North Wales, is one of the most 

 attractive of waters, indeed, if its 

 chief feeder, the Lledr, is included, I doubt if 

 there is a more picturesque bit of salmon fishing 

 in the United Kingdom. Thanks to the kind- 

 ness of that very keen angler, Mr. Henry D. 

 Brandreth, who preserves some miles of the 

 Lledr, I had a few days on his water in the early 

 part of last September when staying with my 

 friend, Mr. W. FitzNorman Ellis, at his delight- 

 fully-situated residence, Butterpool, near Pont-y- 

 Pant. The house is called after a small salmon 

 pool on the Lledr just above the famous 

 William's Pool, one of the largest and best on 

 the river. 



Mr. Brandreth has proved conclusively that it 

 is possible to make good salmon water, that is, 

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