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Taking the spring fishing alone, and excluding the Loch Tay 

 catch, here are records of four representative catches showing 

 the monthly yield. 



1913 1914 1915 1916 



January (15th to 31st) . 411 421 362 278 



February. . . .478 437 389 377 



March . . . .636 591 655 493 



April . . . .693 735 531 646 



May . . . . 314 239 223 384 



2,562 2,423 2,160 2,178 



In the last of these years 765 fish were killed in the three 

 miles and a half of water between Pitlochry Head at Stanley 

 and the Wankmill Ferry, during the season. The best week of 

 the season, which is perhaps the record week's catch on Tay, 

 was secured by Lord Knaresborough on Lower Stanley and 

 Upper Scone. He killed 56 fish (two of them 30 Ib.) in 

 the week ending 8th April. He had 14 fish on two of 

 the days, and his average weight was 16^- Ib. In ten weeks' 

 fishing he killed 253 fish. In April 1910, the Duke of Bedford, 

 fishing the same water, killed 212. On the 13th of that month 

 the Marquis of Tavistock killed 13 fish after 12 o'clock, 

 and on another day the Duchess of Bedford had 10 fish in 

 three hours, the total weight being 155| Ib. 



The year 1920 gave spring results which are certainly amongst 

 the best on record. As showing what seven of the famous 

 lower water fishings are good for I give the following record. 



Lower Stanley 365 



Redgorton 169 



Lower Scone . . . . .174 



Benchill 247 



Upper Stanley and Catholes . . .115 



Stobhall 135 



Murthly 102 



1,307 



There were four days on which individual catches were 10 

 fish or over, and the heaviest fish was a 48-pounder caught by 

 Major Maxwell in Stobhall. 



I may here also mention the spring fishing of Glendelvine. 



