CHAPTER XXIV 



THE STREAMS OF THE OUTER ISLES AND OF 

 SKYE, INCLUDING GRIMERSTA, BLACK- 

 WATER, LAXAY, ETC. 



LEWIS AND SKYE ANGLING SEASON: llth February to 31st October. 



NETTING SEASON: llth February to 26th August. 



HARRIS AND UIST ANGLING SEASON : 25th February to 31st October. 



NETTING SEASON : 25th February to 9th September. 



Amidst the almost innumerable lochs and streams of the 

 Outer Isles there are some which are of considerable importance 

 for salmon fishing, others of importance as sea-trout waters. 

 I do not propose to refer to the labyrinth of lochs and tidal 

 streams which form such ideal sea-trout fisheries in North and 

 South Uist, although these are dear to many an angler. Refer- 

 ence to sea- trout is only made in connection with waters where 

 salmon are chiefly looked for. 



Away in those Outer Hebrides are one or two waters which 

 for years very few knew about as fishing places. A few enter- 

 prising sportsmen had found them, and had quietly settled 

 down to a period of enjoyment ; but it is only within com- 

 paratively recent times that it became generally known that 

 certain fishings in those parts were worth considerable effort 

 to secure. For many years a small and close company of 

 anglers made great scores in the Grimersta, but they did not 

 tell the public much about it, and their little fishing-lodge 

 contained only enough bedrooms to accommodate themselves. 

 I know not if Lord Leverhulme has made changes, but previous 

 to his taking possession there were only 6 bedrooms and 2 

 sitting-rooms in Grimersta Lodge, and to the stream and lochs 

 fished from this base I must first refer. 



Before doing so, however, it is well to state that the system 

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