Stumbled on this on tinternet:-

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A...result#PPR3,M1

Apparently my main trout fishing river (the Windrush) was '...by no means, an inviting stream'!

Andy

Very interesting Andy, I bet the fish stocks were better then.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Fantastic link! Derbyshire gets a section entirely to itself!

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

It's very interesting to see what rivers use to hold a head of trout (I.E. pretty much all of them).
The genteel nature of the introduction is a joy.

Andy

Andy

Nice post.

Amwell magma doesn't look as if it gets a mention but should I suppose!

http://www.amwellmagnafishery.org.uk/

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Wonderful

Writing of Monmouthshire

In this county there are delightful streams, in many localities they traverse, where fly-fishing can be enjoyed to perfection.

and of the Monow (stet)

It is impossible to over-rate these waters.

plus ca change . . . .

P

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Trout fishermen revere the trout; trout, on the other hand, unaware of their sublime standing in man's world, revere nothing, including man, a creature they seem to view with special contempt. Nihilism is a rare trait in fish but trout are full of it. The old men liked that.

I see we have all dashed to read up on our favourite rivers. Although I suspected as much, this smashing book gives us an early reputation as the best anglers in the country. The more you research, the more you realise that Derbyshire IS the centre of the fly fishing universe!

The Dove section is great and describes our fishing to a tee - graylings to 4lb?

Now where's my nymphs....

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"The quarry is not the point of the chase, but merely its pretext, and the chase, purportedly a means to an end, is actually the end itself."Pascal 1961

Even as an occasional vistor and a devoted Monnowphile I find it hard to argue with that! Though please don't tell Percival I admitted it.

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Trout fishermen revere the trout; trout, on the other hand, unaware of their sublime standing in man's world, revere nothing, including man, a creature they seem to view with special contempt. Nihilism is a rare trait in fish but trout are full of it. The old men liked that.

What an interesting link, even the little Avon gets a mention