CHAPTER XIV 



NEW WATERS 



THE chief need of the trout fisher nowadays is 

 more trout fishing, especially in the neighbourhood 

 of the big centres of population, or at any rate 

 within possible reach of them. It is daily becoming 

 more difficult for the ordinary man to get any sport 

 worth mentioning without going a long way for it, 

 and without paying a good deal of money into the 

 bargain. As for rights of fishing on the famous 

 south-country streams such as the Test and Itchen, 

 they are almost out of the question except for the 

 wealthy. And even rich men may be heard lament- 

 ing that they cannot get a bit of chalk stream for 

 love or money. 



If you go further afield you can get fishing 

 enough. The hill-districts of Great Britain are 

 mostly well supplied with trout streams, and in some 

 parts there are lakes which add to the opportunities. 

 Also in those districts there are quite good facilities 

 for the stranger who turns up with a rod. Associa- 

 tion or hotel waters give him considerable scope. 



The fishing of the hill-districts is, however, for 



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