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and abounding in May-fly : such as the Test 

 and the Kennet ; the one running by Stock- 

 bridge, the other by Hungerford. But in the 

 Wandle, at Carshalton and Beddington, the 

 May-fly is not found ; and the little blues are 

 the constant, and, when well imitated, killing 

 flies on this water ; to which may be joined 

 a 'dark alder-fly, and a red evening fly. In 

 the Avon, at Ringwood and Fordingbridge, 

 the May-fly is likewise a killing fly ; but as 

 this is a grayling river, the other flies, par- 

 ticularly the grannam and blue and brown, are 

 good in spring, and the alder-fly or pale blue 

 later, and the blue dun in September and 

 October, and even November. In the streams 

 in the mountainous parts of Britain, the spring 

 and autumnal flies are by far the most killing. 

 The Usk was formerly a very productive trout 

 stream ; and the fish, being well fed by the 

 worms washed down by the winter floods, 

 were often in good season, cutting red, in 

 March and the beginning of April : and at 

 this season the blues and browns, particularly 

 when the water was a little stained after a 

 small flood, afforded the angler good sport. 



