150 ANGLERS' EVENINGS. 



The next inn in Assynt is Inchnadamph, thirty- 

 three miles from Lairg, and situated near the foot of one 

 of the buttresses of Ben More (3,281 feet, the highest 

 mountain in the county), at the upper end of Loch 

 Assynt, and between the two small rivers Loanan and 

 Trailigill, both of which flow into Loch Assynt, the 

 former from Loch Awe, and the latter from the sides of 

 Ben More, These two streams, as well as Lochs Assynt, 

 Awe, and Mulach Corrie, are open to the public. Loch 

 Assynt contains salmon, sea-trout, 5. ferox, and char. 

 The best locality on this loch for salmon and sea-trout 

 is along the rocky shores between Ardvreck Castle and 

 the head of the loch. Very fine specimens of S. ferox 

 are got in this loch by trolling. In the autumn, salmon 

 run up the Loanan to Loch Awe, upon both of which 

 they are taken with the fly. Upon the occasion of a 

 previous visit to the county, I fished these waters, and 

 can therefore speak of them in the highest praise. One 

 day upon Loch Assynt I got twenty pounds weight of 

 trout, the best of which was one of three pounds weight. 

 I also fished Loch Awe for an hour one day with good 

 success, until the wind fell and obliged me to desist 

 with about ten pounds of trout. The trout on this loch 

 do not generally exceed herring size, though occasionally 

 they are got of a pound and over ; but as a free rising 

 loch I know of no other in the county equal to it. As 

 many as fifty pounds weight of trout have been got off 

 this loch in one day by one rod. I also fished Mulach 

 Corrie, which lies at the foot of Ben More, above 

 Inchnadamph, and which is probably the highest-situated 



