154 ANGLING & ART IN SCOTLAND 



There are salmoferox, too, but they are so few and 

 far between that it is hardly worth while to spend 

 much time in purposely trying for them. In dry 

 weather, during May and June, a fair number of 

 salmon are caught at the head of the loch ; and 

 from July onward many grilse and salmon may 

 be met with on the Achlean shore, and at different 

 places down the loch towards Ford. Indeed, in 

 July and August the angler may cast a fly for 

 grilse at certain favourite places along the shores 

 with some chances of success, and troll a couple 

 of minnows in between whiles. The salmon fish- 

 ing ought to improve still further, since the nets 

 at the mouth of the Awe are now not worked 

 so hard as formerly. One year I was fortunate 

 enough to hook a six and a half pound grilse, while 

 casting for trout with fine tackle, and succeeded in 

 landing it after an exciting battle. As for trout 

 fishing, its season on Loch Awe is practically over 

 by the end of June, and, although there is no 

 scarcity of fish, they often show great dourness, 

 and much skill is required to make a good basket. 

 Mr. Andrew Lang, in his charming "Angling 

 Sketches," in the paper on Loch Awe remarks 

 that little artifice is required in the angler when 



