THE LYON 87 



1905 ... 115 I 1907 ... 51 



1906 ... 120 I 1908 ... 80 



Mr. Geen had 7 fish one day here at the opening of season 1909. 



More recent totals are reported as having been destroyed. 



Visitors fishing from the Kenmore Hotel are charged 105. 

 per fish caught. 



In referring to the upper tributaries of the Tay, the Tummel 

 and Garry and the Lyon, mention has at the same time been 

 made of the times at which fish may be first expected in each, 

 and it may be noticed that these times are different. The 

 Lyon has fish as early as Loch Tay, the Tummel receives fish 

 rather later, and the Garry is the latest of the three. Some 

 years ago I was able to compare thermometric readings from 

 each river, when it became evident that in early spring the 

 Lyon had a temperature practically equal to that of the Tay 

 as it comes from the loch, the Tummel was slightly colder, and 

 the Garry was colder still ; in other words, the order in which 

 fish enter these tributaries corresponded with the times at which 

 the temperature of each approached that of the main river. 



No doubt the Lyon varies considerably in temperature 

 from year to year, according as the snow lies in the early spring 

 months. If January and February pass without much severe 

 weather, any difference of temperature between the Lyon and 

 the Upper Tay is insignificant, so that, except for the greater 

 volume of water in the main river, there is practically as much 

 inducement for fish to ascend the Lyon as the Tay. Further 

 also, it is found that in extra warm springs fish not only enter 

 the mouth of the Tummel early but ascend that river, and that 

 they are also found up in the Garry at an earlier date than usual. 



Subjoined is a chart of curves which shows means of actual 

 readings in the Tay at Grandtully (above the Tummel 

 Junction), the Tay at Perth (after receiving the cold Almond), 

 the Lyon, and the Garry. It will be at once noticed that the 

 Garry curve is constantly lower than the Tay and the Lyon. 

 In January the Lyon is seen to be colder than the Upper Tay 

 by 3, and in February by 2, after which the two Tay curves 

 and the Lyon curve are in close conjunction till the end of 

 April, when, with a mean temperature ranging from 40 to 

 45, spring fishing may be expected to be at its best. 



