RIVERS AND LAKES OF WALES 211 



to travel on foot. This is by far the most agreeable 

 and independent method of skimming along the course 

 of rivers, and getting through a great portion of fishing 

 water in quick time. It very often happens, particularly 

 in such a country as Wales, that two or more rivers 

 are separated from each other only by a few miles, as 

 the crow flies, but which would require a circuitous 

 route of forty or fifty miles, either by horse or coach, 

 ere they could be visited in succession. This is an 

 important consideration; and the more the rod-fisher 

 gets experienced in countries like Wales, the more will 

 he find it minister to his profit and pleasure to 

 cultivate his pedestrian powers. Walking gives a 

 wonderful facility to angling amusements, by taking us 

 out of beaten tracks, and enabling us to visit unfre- 

 quented waters. 



The roads are generally good throughout Wales, 

 especially in the northern section of it; and the inns, 

 and places for refreshment, numerous, comfortable, and 

 reasonable. There are mail and day coaches in many 

 parts, as well as post-horses and cars. Guides are like- 

 wise to be had — by inquiring' at the principal inns 

 throughout the country — who are generally very steady, 

 and rather intelligent men, and are often able to 

 impart to the angler some useful information about the 

 course of particular rivers and the best localities for 

 fishing them. 



The chief fishing rivers in this county of Flintshire 

 are the Glwyd, the Wheeler, the Dee, the Levion, the 

 Elwy, and Allen. 



The river Clwyd enters into the Irish Channel about 

 twenty miles south of Liverpool. It has its source in 

 Denbighshire, and has several small feeders, in which 

 there is often good fishing in summer with the worm. 

 The trout run larger in those sections of the main river 

 that flow through Flintshire, than in its higher waters ; 

 and the salmon are more frequently caught near the 

 ocean, than at any great distance from it. All kinds of 

 flies, if of a suitable size, are eligible for this river. 



If the rod-fisher has any taste for scenery, he will be 



