The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-13
WELSH TROUT STREAMS.
Good Sport to be Had in Llttle-Known
Sections of the Country.

Good Sport to he Had in Little-Known
Sections of the Country.
Most of the trout streams in North
Wales are in the unhappy position of
many of the trout streams Of the whole
country-that is, they have been over
finished by both the expert angler and
the duffer There are, of course, rivers
and lakes where fair sport is always to
be obtained in the season; but these are
very decidedly in minority, and fish
ing with the artificial fly in many wa
ters that might be named is sometimes
a rather heart-breaking form of relax
alton to the man who requires an occa-
sional rise to keep his enthusiasm up
to the proper pitch. Even on such
good waters as the Dee in the neigh
borhood of the Llanggollen, Corwen,
and Bala, the Conway in its higher
reaches, the Aled, and the Carnarvon-
shire streams, there is none of that
briskness among the fish which keeps
the anglers spirits high. Welsh trout
will be found to be an undoubtedly sui
ky race, except those in the Treweryn
and other such streams which have
been impregnated with the refuse of
whiskey distilleries-an impregna ton
that has done marvels for the game
ness of the fish, hut has detracted al
together from their toothsome qualities.
Still, though shy, they afford sport, and
the angler who has been familiarized
by much experience with the cussed-
ness of trout in English, Scotch or Irish
rivers will know better when he goes to
Wales than to expect too great a dis
play of the fighting qualities of the DO
cal fish. There are, too, plenty of wa
tiers just a little off the beaten tourist
track, which are never whipped from
years end to years save by the village
boys and the slate workers; and if you
make sure in advance that the fish of a
particular stream have not been poi
soned off by the washings from the
mines, or by any other noXious agency,
you can count upon sport that is not
unworthy of the name and of the fish
that is a necessary parts to the whole
business.
away to Bardsey, is virtually I'M
known country. The railway does not
go further than Pwllheli This part of
the country is honeycombed with good
streams, of which it may be said that
the only one that is well known is the
Dwy. Llanystymdwy, village on this
river, six miles from Pwllheli, is the
recognized fishing station; and near
here last year the present writer got
six trout of good size in one day, by the
aid of some of the commonest flies
March browns, cochybondys blue duns
and so on. Near the extreme end of
the peninsula-it is known as the Lleyn
peninsula-is the River Soch, here very
good sport is obtainable. Salmon, as
we'll as trout, are to be seen there occa-
sionally, though not in large numbers.
The objection to this river is its mac
cessibility-unless you take a boat. and
the sail of eight or ten miles along the
shore Of the bay is pleasant expert
ence. 1t is at this part of the coast, by
the way, where wild fowl are so plenti-
full in the winter months. In the other
direction the Glaslyn. (which flows
through Beddgelert, at the foot Of
Snowdon, is one of the most famous
streams in this part of the country
Beddgelert is reached by coach from
Llanberis or Portmadoc, and possesses
decent hotels. Being in much demand
and having been greatly overfiogged
the fish are few and shy. The best part
of the river is Just below the Aberglas-
lyn Bridge where there is a salmon
leap of eight feet. Most of the fishing
on this river is reserved, but permits
sion is easily obtained, and at all
events there is so much absolutely free
water in the immediate neighbor1hood
quite as populous of trout that one
need not trouble much about this par
ticular stream. Salmon used to be
very plentiful, but are so no longer.
The Seiont, a small rapid river which
has its source in one of the Showdon-
ian Takes, and flows through Llanberis;
and the Gwyrvai, which takes course
nearly parallel to the Seiont, and falls
into the Menai, are both streams where
the trout are large and fairly plentiful.
For the benefit of the fisherman who
contemplates casting his flies over the
waters of Carnarvonshire at some time
or other, it may be stated that good
centers may be found at Bettws-y-
Coed, at Bettws Carmen, four miles
south of Carnarvon, on the Beddgelert
road, at Capel Curig, near which there
are several lakes, besides flowing wa
tiers, which harbor trout in various de-
grees Of shyness in various numbers
have a grateful recollection, too, of
the sport I obtained on several occa-
sions in the Llugwy, one of the tributa-
ries of the Conway, and on some
streams with unpronounceable names
in the wild country at the southern
end of Noel Siabod only few miles
from the Llugwy; as well as near the
source of the river which, few miles
further, goes through the Mantle lakes,
and finally disappears into Carnarvon
Bay.-Pal1 Mall Gazette.