TROUTING WITH OTHER DEVICES 141 



Illegal, but commonly practised in spite of 

 the law. 



Cross - lining. Illegal and destructive. 

 Never did it, but have seen it done, for both 

 salmon and trout, by a laird and his keeper. 

 (Gamekeeper, I mean.) 



Fishing with twelve flies on a cast. 

 Clyde only, I believe ; open water (very) ! 



Set lines. Done it for eels or monsters. 

 Never caught many of the latter. Only a 

 few, when one wanted to ' give a loch a fair 

 chance/ when it was ' out with jurisdiction ' ; 

 but went on the same principle as the 

 Quaker who said, ' Thou may do it this time, 

 friend, but thou mayst not make a practice 

 thereof/ 



Netting. Have done it once, by permis- 

 sion, to try and reduce an unnecessary stock 

 of small trout in a Highland loch. Party : 

 three ' sportsmen,' six gillies, a pony, and a 

 ' lassie ' looking after the pony. Result : one 

 small trout to each, some boulders, more 

 mud, and a ducking. Didn't try it again ! 



'Burning the Waiter.' Done it twice: fell 

 out of the boat, got nasty and wet, but 

 thought it grand fun, though not sport ! 



