CHAPTER X 



THE FELL BECKS 



A NORTHERN river like the Eden has to be con- 

 sidered in quite a different way from the slower 

 running streams of the south. It is decidedly a 

 mistake to conclude, at certain times in the season, 

 that because the water in the main river is low and 

 clear there is nothing to be done in the way of 

 sport. Such a conclusion is altogether too con- 

 servative. 



When the river is not fishing well, at certain off 

 times, I have found it profitable, both from a 

 sporting and a pleasure point of view, to turn to 

 the becks. 



There are fishermen who have gone to the Eden 

 for years and yet know nothing whatever about the 

 possibilities and charms of its tributary streams. 

 On the other hand there are many good local fisher- 

 men who prefer the becks to the river, and seldom 

 fish anything else. 



Fishermen passing down the whole length of the 



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