ANGLING. 



PART II. WHERE TO GO. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



THIRTY or forty years ago, it would have been a comparatively 

 brief and easy task to inform the angler where to go to enjoy his 

 amusement; for he would not have ventured to diverge to any 

 great distance from his own home, or the county in which he 

 resided. Now, however, the case is somewhat different. The 

 application of steam to maritime purposes, and the construction 

 of railroads, have altered the entire position of the angler's craft. 

 They have opened out to him a new world of recreation and 

 adventure, and stimulated his ambition to the highest pitch. At 

 a comparatively trifling cost of money and of time, he can be 

 transported into the finest fishing districts in the most remote and 

 unfrequented parts of the kingdom, or out of it f> if he chooses; 

 and can pace the wild heath and barren mountains in search of the 

 lordly salmon, and the huge lake-trout ; objects that were in his 

 younger days seldom seen, and never placed within the range of 

 Ms rod and tackle. All this has made the duty comprehended in 

 the simple directions where to go, of a more onerous and compre- 

 hensive character than it has ever been before in the history of the 

 " gentle craft." 



m The recommendations involved in our " Where to go," will be 

 divided into four parts ; namely, England and Wales, Scotland^ 

 Ireland, and Continental states. 



CHAPTER I. 



ENGLAND AND WALES. 



ANGLING in England and Wales, is to be viewed in a somewhat 

 different light from angling in Scotland and Ireland. In reference 

 to England in particular, anglers may fairly enough be divided 

 into two distinct classes; the one pursuing the bottom-fishing, 



