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scnption is one guinea annually ; and the following are some of the 

 chief regulations of the establishment. No day tickets are allowed ; 

 no member's ticket is transferable every member must produce 

 his ticket when demanded; one friend to be introduced by a 

 member; the member to use only two rods, whether alone or 

 accompanied by a friend ; the season to commence on the 1st of 

 May, and to end on the last day of February for perch ; no live or 

 dead bait to be used before the 1st day of June ; jack-fishing 

 from the 1st of June to the last day of February ; no member to 

 use a trimmer, peg-line, lay-line, or net, except a landing or keep- 

 net. 



We have now entered as fully into a description of those places 

 suitable to the London angler's pursuits, as we have been able. 

 We feel somewhat confident that he will find our remarks and 

 instructions of some use. We must now proceed to more distant 

 localities, and descant upon those fishing waters adapted for another 

 class of anglers those who aim at the capture of the salmon, the 

 trout, and the pike. 



It is requisite to premise, that in directing the rod-fisher where 

 to go over the varied extent of fishing waters in England and 

 Wales, our observations and descriptions must necessarily be of a 

 very general cast. We cannot descant at any length on many 

 interesting sections of river scenery, admirably fitted to impart to 

 the intellectual angler the most lively and delicate pleasures. So 

 far, however, as the higher branches of the angling art are con- 

 cerned, we shall make a point of dwelling, with as much minute- 

 ness as possible, upon those places where really good fly-fishing 

 may be readily obtained, and wnere the sportsman will find pleasure 

 and improvement in passing through them. Large districts of 

 monotonous scenery, and of sluggish waters, must be hastily 

 passed over. 



Taking London as our point of departure, and the great leading 

 railways as our diverging lines of travelling, we shall direct the 

 angler's attention to the class or series of rivers which are inter- 

 sected, or nearly approached, by the Eastern Counties Railway, 

 and the Dover and Brighton lines. This will comprehend a large 

 proportion of the eastern and north-eastern sections of England, 



The travelling angler must always bear in mind, that the greater 

 the distance from the metropolis, the better will the fly-fishing be, 

 and the less restriction will be laid upon his movements, by means 

 of preserved waters. The very best angling streams are those at 

 the extremities of the kingdom. 



p This is not a first-rate trouting district ; nor, indeed, second-rate 

 cither. The class < of waters in this direction, including rivers, 

 canals, and estuaries, are better adapted for bottom-fishing than 

 anything else. They contain a great number of perch, chub, roach, 

 pike, eels, and gudgeons ; but the hooking of salmon and trout is 

 like angels' visits few and far between. For this kind of ground 

 angling those eastern and north-eastern localities have long been 



