W3 kill u coujjle more before the tide fails us aud the fish 

 go off the feed. Yes, my friends, I uTOte those last four 

 words deliberately, for I am as strongly convinced that 

 salmon feed in fresh water — when they can get food — as 

 I am that anglers drink water — when there is nothing else 

 obtainable. 



By the way, I may here mention that the charge for boat 

 ar.d man is 7s. Gd. per day, plus the usual luncheon, or an 

 allowance in lieu thereof. There are two hotels in the 

 town — the Imperial and the Moy — and I, from force of 

 habit, prefer the latter. They have a branch establishment 

 on the shore of Loch Conn, and anglers can — without 

 extra charge — locate themselves in either house. This is 

 an immense boon to Moy anglers, who are often condemned 

 to considerable spells of enforced idleness, waiting for 

 the tide to serve. The Moy boatmen do not love Loug'hs 

 Conn and CuUen, neither do they love the men who there 

 cater for the wants of anglers. But the visitor must not 

 be influenced by these local jealousies, because the lough 

 fishing is really very good, and cross-lining has now been 

 abolished. There is a good deal of trolling done with both 

 spoon and Devon minnow but I preferred to drift and cast 

 over " The Strand," and troll back to windward when we 

 finished our beat. The salmon upon entering Lough Conn 

 all follow the same cotu"se, passing over the shallows of 

 " The Strand," where they take a fly. The fishing is here 

 fi'ee, and the angler can keep all he catches. Perch are a 

 nuisance to the troller, as they will take a spinning bait 

 half as big as themselves, and thus cause much waste of 

 time and temper. Lough Conn is connected mth Cullen by a 

 narrow chaiuiel, but whether the local legend — that 

 both loughs flow into each other — is true, I do not 

 pretend to say. The theory of my two boatmen 

 was that Cullen flowed through one side of the 

 channel, and Conn went through on the other side. 

 I got several of the famous gillaroo trout — with thickened 

 stomachs like a fowl's gizzard, and I hurt the feelings of my 

 men by declaring that they were only common brown trout. 

 The thickening of the coats of the stomach is due to the fact 



