

84 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



A short distance below Garry Bridge, where pools are again 

 deep and rocky, the river sweeps round in a shallow stretch 

 to the junction with the Tummel at Faskally. 



The fish which are recognised as Garry fish are really a 

 detachment of the summer fish of the district, although a 

 certain number of the heavier spring fish do penetrate to the 

 deep pools in March. The Garry fish are, however, not expected 

 till May, and are then found to average about 11 Ib. in weight. 

 Grilse also reach these waters, and although the Pass of Killie- 

 crankie is some 30 miles from Perth, and 50 from the open sea, 

 summer fish have been taken here with sea-lice still upon them, 

 showing apparently that the ascent has not occupied more than 

 four or five days. 



The future of the Garry, and especially of the section above 

 Blair Atholl, is, in this year of grace 1921, menaced by a far- 

 reaching proposal for the creation of hydro-electric power. 

 One has to agree that a great public benefit may be secured 

 thereby, but since one is concerned here purely with the 

 interests of salmon fishing, regrets are inevitable that immense 

 engineering works in the shape of dams, culverts, tunnels, and 

 power stations, should be presented to the mind's eye as future 

 features in this beautiful glen. All waters above Blair, with 

 the exception of the Erochdie, are to be harnessed according 

 to the proposals, and, in addition, a considerable amount of 

 water which at present finds its natural flow to the Spey is 

 to be diverted to swell the volume for the large power house 

 at Blair. It is a mercy, at least, that the water is to be carried 

 no further than this point. 



RIVER LYON 



This river rises from Loch Lyon and the streams above, 

 which have their source on the divide to the east of the Orchy, 

 and flows a distance of 30 miles to the Tay, about 2 miles 

 below the Loch Tay outlet, where it forms the northern 

 boundary of the Taymouth Castle grounds. The Lyon has 

 the distinction amongst Tay tributaries of holding spring fish 

 at as early a date as Loch Tay. Some most attractive water 

 exists in the Lyon, and some of it, moreover, is open to the 

 public who stay at Fortingal Hotel or the Breadalbane Hotel 



