116 THE CARSELY DESCRIBED. 



and a man must be lucky to kill three or four 

 fish in it in a day. Its salmon, grilse, and sea- 

 trout are handsome and of excellent quality. It 

 runs into the Kyle near Bonar-bridge. The best 

 fishing is about five miles higher up and further 

 on. It is a rapid rocky river, and runs clear after 

 a flood in less than four-and-twenty hours. Small 

 dark and brown-bodied flies, with wings of turkey, 

 mallard, and guinea-hen, are the best for it. A 

 somewhat gaudy mixed wing suits dark days, 

 and on them the " blue jay " of Plate No. IIL, 

 will prove successful. 



The Carsely. — This is another small river 

 running into the Dornoch Kyle at Kose-Hall. 

 It is a good little stream in April and May ; but 

 not above the bridge, half a mile higher up than 

 which is a fall salmon do not surmount before 

 June or July. After these months, during Au- 

 gust and September, there is fair fishing, provided 

 the river be not too low, in its higher pools and 

 streams, in the direction of its source, at the foot 

 of the celebrated Ben-More Assynt. Carsely- 

 salmon are neither handsome nor large; lOlbs* 

 being an extreme weight. They take best the 

 flies recommended for the Oikel, and should be 

 tempted with some of the small-sized Shin flies. 



The Inver. — I ought to have placed this 



