86 The Salmon 
On 22nd January 1907, whilst angling on the Isla mouth beat of 
the Tay, | caught twenty-four kelts, ninety per cent of which had been 
avery short time in the river. Their average weight was about 20 
Ibs., and all were dark in colour, some of them red; in fact, I never 
before saw fish in such splendid condition. I was so struck with 

Fic. 88.—Marked as Kelt, 16 lbs., February 1904. Kecaptured 18th June 1905, 34 lbs. 
their appearance that I went back next day and caught a number, 
and had them photographed. These photographs I reproduce 
(Figs. 82, 83). No doubt these fish, caught a little later in the 
season, would be known as “ well-mended kelts,” a term often applied 
to them by anglers. Being black in colour, they are not, of course, 
so showy as silvery kelts. The other ten per cent were ordinary long, 
