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critical period is of course when the fish are being 

 landed, as it is next thing to impossible to prevent a 

 dead strain upon the second fish when the first is 

 gaffed and lifted ashore, of which he usually takes 

 advantage. One of my relations once accomplished 

 the feat through the quickness of his gillie, who cut 

 off the dropper, upon which the first salmon was 

 hooked, at the moment he gaffed him, thus preventing 

 any pull at the one upon the tail fly. Mr. Naylor tells 

 me that he has several times succeeded in landing 

 two salmon together, by the ingenious contrivance of 

 putting on his dropper by a ring instead of a knot, so 

 that it can shift freely along the casting line. I do 

 not, however, think that anything but great good 

 fortune could enable two fish to be landed together 

 when the second takes the fly after the first has been 

 played some time and is nearly tired out. The 

 difference of pace and movement almost always causes 

 a break either of the tackle or the hold. 



For number of fish taken I have little doubt that 

 Mr. Naylor's record is and will remain unique. It is 

 said that the late Lord Lovat once got thirty-six 

 fish in a day, averaging 14 ll>. each, which, of 

 course, would make a much larger aggregate weight, 

 but I have also heard that he had three gillies and 

 their rods with him. and that althoutih he rose and 



