34 THE WONDERFUL TROUT 



to wade up against the stream, and fishing 

 down is imperative. There, in the spring 

 months, local and other anglers wade in 

 long waders, or fish from the bank for trout 

 with long rods and big flies, with ' flies that 

 are not flies,' any more than a ' Spey Dog ' or 

 a 'Jock Scott' or a 'Durham Ranger 'is a 

 fly. These are thrown far out into the deep 

 streams, and worked just like a salmon fly, 

 and are taken by large and heavy trout. 

 But as a rule they are ' some saft i' the fish ' 

 (i.e. somewhat soft in the flesh), and rather 

 1 woolly ' on the table. 1 Such, however, are 

 better killed. Similar fishing may be had 

 on the large rivers like Tay and Tuinmel, 

 where up-stream angling would be imposs- 

 ible or too fatiguing. Such afford the best 

 chances to the adept down-streamer or the 

 man of cubits and a pole. We call it ' salmon- 

 fishing for trout.' Like ' Old Lloyd ' of 

 Scandinavian fame, he may wade up to his 

 navel, and whenever he feels tired could sit 

 down on a stone at the bottom ! He would 



1 Whimsically, about the same difference in flavour as 

 there is between Highland black-faced mutton five years 

 old, and Cheviot stock mutton one and a half years old ! 



