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easterly course for twenty miles, and then receives the 

 waters of the Twrch, which flows a distance of twenty 

 miles, through a very interesting section of the county. 

 This tributary itself has good angling feeders, capable 

 of affording fair sport with the rod. The Vrynwy 

 likewise receives the Gain, and, a little farther down, 

 the Tenat, both of which contain good fish. The 

 Tenat itself is fed by several good streams, as the 

 Ehaiadr, the Afon Harrog, and the Ymrch. Here 

 there is good fly-fishing. All these waters, large and 

 small, are bright, sparkling, and flowing, and have that 

 peculiar form of stream which indicates good sport. 



As to the colour of the fly requisite in these mountain 

 streams, little need be said. In fact, when the fish are 

 in humour, and they are not here capricious, they seem 

 to snatch at anything in the shape of an insect. Very 

 large flies will not, however, answer well. 



The lakes in this county are Lhjn - y - Bugail, long 

 celebrated for its fine and large trout, some having been 

 taken out of it of late years full fourteen pounds in 

 weight; Llyn-y-Orinwydden, which contains only eels 

 and carp ; Llyn Cadwiw, a good trolling water for both 

 trout and pike; and Glass-Llyn, which contains an 

 abundance of red and common trout. 



We have hitherto been sketching the chief anglmg 

 streams in North Wales ; we shall now direct attention 

 to those in the southern side of the country, and shall 

 take our point of departure -from the south-west section 

 of England. 



CAERMARTHENSHIEE 



Passing, then, from the English border, we enter this 

 county, and among its angling streams of note are the 

 Towy, the Tave, the Great Gwendraeth, the Llynougher, 

 and the Teivi. This is a comparatively level county, 

 but the scenery in it is very grand and imposing. A 

 ramble through it with the rod is a great treat. 



The river Towy springs out of some wild and morass 

 districts at one extremity of the county. As the river 

 flows southward it receives the waters of several feeders, 



