474 NOTES ON FISHING WATEKS. 



SHROPSHIRE RIVERS. 



THE SEVERN rises in Montgomeryshire, and is the chief river of SHROP- 

 SHIRE, which it enters in conflux with the VYRNWY, a most excellent trout- 

 stream. It almost encircles SHREWSBURY, and, after receiving the Tern, 

 a little below the town, runs through Colebrook-dale, and thence to 

 Bridge-north, where it is joined by the Wort and the Stour, below 

 Bewdley. From thence it proceeds to Worcester an4 Gloucester, di- 

 viding, near the latter city, into two channels, which, soon reuniting, 

 constitute a great tide river; and, after being joined by the Wye and 

 the Lower Avon, it assumes the name of the Bristol Channel. Fine 

 salmon are taken near Shrewsbury, and numbers of these fish run up 

 the Severn into Wales. Salmon-ti*out, carp, pearch, roach, flounders, 

 chub, and grayling, are taken; the latter' of which, in some instances, 

 weigh 5 Ibs. The river is in most parts rapid and muddy. 



THE CLUN, a Shropshire river, which is glowingly celebrated by Sir 

 Humphry Davy (in his Salmonia), abounds with trout and gray- 

 ling ; the latter being of a very superior kind. It is joined by the CORVE 

 at LUDLOW, which is a good fishing station. INNS, the Angel and the 

 Feathers ; and at Leinlwardhie, clos^by, is the Anglers' Inn, where the 

 Leintwardine Club is held, by whom the waters are rented. There is also 

 the Lion inn. An angler can generally obtain a day's fishing, if intro- 

 duced. The small river tp the left is the TEME, which contains piin- 

 cipally trout and grayling. The fish are more abundant in the meadows 

 between Ludlow and Downton Castle than in any other part of the 

 river. After a flush of water, when the fish can ascend from the sea, 

 the pools will always be found with salmon in them, and excellent 

 sport is generally to be had with the fly ; when the water is low, 

 there is good trout and grayling-fishing. Provisions and lodging are 

 cheap in this neighbourhood, and the surrounding country beautiful. 



At BRAMPTON BRYAN, close by Leintwardine, there is capital fishing, 

 some think the best on the river Teme. 



THE WEAVER, another Shropshire river, rises not far from the 

 romantic and picturesque grounds of HAWKESTONE ; runs through the 

 central parts of Cheshire to Namptwich and Northwich, where it is 

 joined by the Dane from Staffordshire, and the Wednoch from Middle- 

 wich ; it then proceeds to its port at Frodsham, a little below which it 

 is lost in the Mersey. 



In this county there are many large meres and pools, all of which 

 abound in carp, tench, and very large pike, pearch, and eels. 



THE WARWICKSHIRE AVON 



RISES on the borders of Leicestershire, and passing Warwick Castle 

 winds through a beautiful country to Stratford-on-Avon, where it is 

 joined by the Lesser Stour, and from thence traverses the great 



