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    Chalk streams are rivers that rise from springs in landscapes with chalk bedrock. Since chalk is permeable, water percolates easily through the ground...
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    surface Chalk carving – Method of shaping chalk Chalk line – Tool for marking straight lines Chalk stream – Rivers rising from chalk bedrock Chalking the...
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    the water table may fall below the level of the stream's bed, causing it to dry out. Exploitation of chalk aquifers as a domestic water source in Britain...
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  • invented modern-day nymph fishing. This caused a controversy with the Chalk stream dry fly doctrine developed by Frederic M. Halford. His second book, The...
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    winterbourne is used in the chalk downland of southern England for ephemeral rivers. When permanent, they are chalk streams. Brook. Burn is used in Scotland...
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    there were clear chalk streams, such as Wiltshire and the north Chilterns. . . See Chalk streams > Ecology > Many of the chalk stream springs are also...
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    Northern England. They are the northernmost chalk hills in the UK and within lies the northernmost chalk stream in Europe, the Gypsey Race. On the western...
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    River Test and the other chalk streams concentrated in Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset and Berkshire (see Southern England Chalk Formation for the geological...
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    restored to popularity on the chalk streams of England by G. E. M. Skues with his 1910 book Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream. In the book, Skues discusses...
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    for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams. He is generally accepted as "The Father of Modern Dry Fly Fishing"...
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    The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London, England, is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames. It rises in Ewell and flows into the Thames...
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    The Chalk Group (often just called the Chalk) is the lithostratigraphic unit (a certain number of rock strata) which contains the Upper Cretaceous limestone...
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    has campaigned against the pollution of British rivers (particularly chalk streams), and is the Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery. He has become a figurehead...
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    The River Chess is a chalk stream that rises near Chesham in the Chiltern Hills, and flows for 11 miles (18 km) through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire...
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    The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England. It rises at Ashe near Basingstoke and flows southwards for 40 miles (64 km) to Southampton...
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    The River Lambourn is a chalk stream in the English county of Berkshire. It rises in the Berkshire Downs near its namesake village of Lambourn and is a...
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    The River Wey is a chalk stream flowing through Dorset in south west England. The river is about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long. It rises in Upwey, where...
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    Bulbourne is an example of a chalk stream, which is a watercourse that flows from chalk-fed groundwater. Chalk streams are a very rare habitat globally...
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    Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies is a fly fishing book written by G. E. M. Skues published in London in 1910. Minor Tactics was Skues's...
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    is a chalk stream in Hertfordshire, England. The entire course of the stream is near Hitchin. Its source is springs which rise out of the chalk bedrock...
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    The Ver is a 28 km (17 mi) long chalk stream in Hertfordshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Colne. The source is in the grounds of Lynch Lodge...
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    Fly Fishing A History of Fly Fishing for Trout Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream The American Angler's Book The Salmon Fly The Way of a Trout with the...
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    northerly chalk stream in England. It provides fly fishing for wild brown trout and grayling. Starting at Elmswell as a spring from a chalk aquifer, it...
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  • Field & Stream (F&S for short) is an American magazine focusing on sport hunting, recreational fishing and other outdoor activities. It was a print publication...
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    watershed networks or catchments, where smaller headwater streams drain into mid-size streams, which progressively drain into larger river networks. The...
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    River Test and the other chalk streams concentrated in Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset and Berkshire (see Southern England Chalk Formation for the geological...
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    River Test and the other chalk streams concentrated in Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset and Berkshire (see Southern England Chalk Formation for the geological...
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  • Chalgrove Brook is a chalk stream located in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a left tributary of the River Thame. It rises in a number of natural springs...
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    Lane. The chalk stream rises at Whitelands Reservoir and provides a turquoise pool beside a house there. From there, Millbrook Shaw stream (TQ 314 141)...
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    rod angling traditionally practiced in Japan. Primarily used for mountain stream trout fishing, tenkara is still a fairly rare method even among freshwater...
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