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CHAPTER VI 



SOME FISHING RECORDS 



PROBABLY the most remarkable fishing, as far as mere 

 number is concerned, that ever took place in the 

 United Kingdom, was that enjoyed by Mr. Naylor in 

 the Grimersta river in the Island of Lewis, in the 

 year 1888. The numbers caught and the manner of 

 their capture were so extraordinary that an account 

 of the circumstances cannot fail to be of interest to 

 all who care for salmon lore. Mr. Naylor has, at my 

 request, most kindly furnished me with a narrative of 

 the details, mainly taken from his Diary. The fishing 

 consists of a small river which runs out of Loch 

 Langabhat, a lake ten miles long by one mile wide, 

 not far from the boundary between Harris and Lewis, 

 and, after running a distance of nine miles and con- 

 necting four lakes, discharges into a sea loch. The 

 Diary runs as follows :- - 



Arrived at Grimersta on July 30, 1888. The 

 river hardly running, and only a couple of inches deep 

 where it runs into the sea. A few salmon in the 



