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and in enabling the fish to become distributed over the upper 

 waters before they become heavy with spawn. Several abor- 

 tive attempts have been made to negotiate for the opening up 

 of the Endrick, but, unfortunately, the matter is beset with 

 some difficulty. 



With regard to the operations of the Loch Lomond Angling 

 Improvement Association, to which reference has already been 

 made, I may add that the hatching of salmon and sea-trout is 

 now regularly carried on at Luss, and that in addition to this, 

 large consignments of brown trout have from time to time 

 been purchased and turned down in the loch and adjacent 

 streams. Prosecutions against offenders under the Salmon 

 Fishery Acts are conducted, and a staff of watchers kept. 

 For the more complete patrol of the loch the Association use a 

 motor boat. Netting in the loch for pike and eels is also 

 regularly carried on. Between 300 and 400 pike seem to 

 be killed annually by this means, over and above the number 

 taken by angling. About 8 to 9 tons of powans have been 

 taken and a considerable quantity of eels, but this was during 

 the War, when a considerable effort was made, both by the 

 Duke of Montrose and the Loch Lomond Angling Associa- 

 tion, to add to the food supply. A good market exists in 

 England, and the catching of eels is a neglected industry with 

 us in Scotland. 



For the convenience of anglers in the loch a shelter has been 

 erected on the island of Darroch. Members of the Association 

 can provide themselves with keys, and in accordance with the 

 wish of the proprietor, the Duke of Montrose, any unattached 

 angler can secure a key for the day by applying to the Luss or 

 Balloch hotels. 



THE ECHAIG AND LOCH ECK 



ANGLING SEASON: 16th February to 31st October. 

 NETTING SEASON: 16th February to 31st August. 



The river Echaig has very considerable possibilities as a 

 salmon stream. Although it is short, having a run of only 4 



