SALMON-FISHING 



223 



Aug. 27. Naylor 

 Probyn 



,, Hansard 



Aug. 28. Naylor 

 Probyn 



,, Hansard 



Aug. 29. Naylor 

 ,, Probyn 



,, Hansard 



Aug. 30. Naylor 

 ,, Probyn 



Hansard 



Aug. 31. Naylor 

 ,, Probyn 



Hansard 



Sept. i. Naylor 

 Probyn 



Hansard 



TOTAL FOR THE WEEK. 



Naylor 

 Probyn 

 Hansard . 



Salmon. 



Z 43 



84 

 1 06 



333 



Ib. 

 856 



49 

 680 



2026 



Sea-trout. 



3 1 

 14 

 26 



Ib. 



23 

 10 



52 



One of the main sources of excitement in salmon-fishing 



is the average size of the fish, and the great weight to which 



Weight of tne y sometimes attain. Hitherto, in this country, 



Salmon. t h e heaviest fish on authentic record has been taken 



by the net in the Tay, weighing 70 Ib. ; but a fish of upwards 



of 60 Ib. was taken on the spinning bait from the Stanley 



water on the Tay during the same season (1870); and every 



angler who puts his luck to the test in that magnificent river 



is entitled to expect to break that record. 



A salmon of upwards of 70 Ib. is credited to the rod of 

 Sir Richard Musgrave from a river in British Columbia, and 



