196 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



of the Glass. In the whole district this fishing comes next in 

 value to Beaufort Castle Water. 



The remaining sections are those of the main river Beauly, 

 forming first the extraordinary gorge in the old conglomerate, 

 and lastly, the open section of the river from the Lower Kil- 

 morack Falls to the sea. 



The gorge in the Druim Pass is about three miles long, and is 

 in many parts so precipitous as to be quite inaccessible to the 

 angler. There is, however, a break of some distance, and 

 some nice water reported to yield little, a short distance above 

 Kilmorack. From the public road, which winds up to the 

 summit of the canon on the left or north-west side, views are 

 at intervals obtained of the great gap and the river at the 

 bottom. Where the ground is sufficiently sloped above the 

 sheer precipices, a variety of trees grow in profusion and make 

 the view at once finer and more difficult to see. At Eilean 

 Aigas a bridge spans the gorge at no great height, and a path 

 descends or rises on either side, and from this point of vantage 

 an excellent view up and down stream is obtained of the sheer 

 walls of conglomerate. A path runs above the gorge on the 

 left bank. It is a wild place to fish, and a wilful salmon is 

 here likely to have his way ; yet the Eilean Aigas rods get a 

 fair number of salmon and grilse in summer and autumn. 

 There is a considerable fall or heavy cascade below Eilean 

 Aigas, which is quite sufficient to check fish, but the difficulty 

 is less here than at Kilmorack. 



The Upper Kilmorack Fall, or the Red Fall as it is locally 

 named, is a very considerable obstruction, being about 13 to 14 

 feet in average height. Photographs of this fall are common. 

 The ledge runs directly across the river, and the drop is almost 

 sheer, except at the right bank, where the action of the water 

 has sculptured a sort of pot hole of considerable size at a rather 

 higher level than the fall pool. The course of the river imme- 

 diately below becomes so narrow that the water is kept 

 constantly in turmoil, so that fishing here is useless. From the 

 pot hole already referred to a wooden fish-pass leads up the 

 extreme edge of the fall in a slightly angular manner. It does 

 not look by any means an easy pass for fish to ascend, but it 

 is the road by which all fish go to the upper waters. With the 



