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attention to the rising of the fish will save both 

 time and trouble ; but when the weather is not so 

 propitious, and, by consequence, few rises to be 

 seen, care and caution, far from wasting the day, 

 are the chief means of insuring success at its close. 

 There was a long promontory half-way down 

 Loch Baa, called " the Salmon Point," from being 

 their grand rendezvous. The area of the feeding- 

 ground extended to nearly 200 yards ; and when 

 they were rising briskly, we could fish it over in 

 half the time required if they were dull and 

 sulky. This cape was one of the favoured haunts 

 where fish were sure to harbour all summer ; and 

 even on the days when none were seen feeding on 

 the natural fly, you might depend on their resting 

 below hence the need of always going carefully 

 over it. On two occasions, when wind and sky 

 were all that could be wished, I had carefully 

 gone over the Salmon Point without a rise, or 

 even seeing a fish stir at the natural fly. The 

 first time, when changing my cast for a fresh 

 trial, the head of an otter above the best part of 

 the water showed that my trouble would be use- 

 less. On the next unsuccessful day we were 



