CHAPTER XXXII 
FISHING 
There are probably few countries where a greater 
variety of sport can be obtained than in British East 
Africa, and of all these branches none has been so 
little exploited or is so little known as the ancient 
sport of angling. 
Up to the present time little or nothing has been 
heard of the prospects of angling in this Protectorate, 
because the majority of sportsmen leave England 
thinking only of shooting, and bring no fishing tackle 
with them while those who are fishermen, and bring 
their tackle, generally fail to obtain any trustworthy 
information as to where and when to fish and what to 
fish with ; or they are unlucky in visiting rivers at the 
wrong season, or rivers in which good fishing is never 
to be had. Thus the angling possibilities of the 
country have been left almost untouched, and the fact 
that there is most excellent fly-fishing to be had in 
many of the smaller streams, when they are low and 
comparatively clear, remains practically unknown. 
In addition to this, there are probably few places in 
the world where such magnificent sea fishing can be 
obtained as at and near Mombasa, and other ports on 
the coast, particularly Malindi. Here, again, still less 
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