94 Fly Fishing for Sea Trout, 



or rather boated, his fish, a nice fresh-run one of 

 2i lbs. We have drifted too near the shore, so put 

 back, rowing close in, and again drift over the same 

 fishing ground. Sea trout congregate together in 

 shoals, and whilst playing fish you may miss many 

 a feeding fish, so it is well to go over the same 

 beat twice. We again get four good fish, all over a 

 pound, and then away to other water. As we row 

 gently up, about thirty yards from the shore, I get 

 two good trout, and W. raises either a very large one 

 or a grilse — he is on for a few seconds, a furious 

 rush, and he is gone. We notice three or four 

 salmon jumping a little higher up, throw carefully 

 over them, but with no effect (salmon seldom rise 

 in this loch), and we then row over to the south 

 side to the Rock and First bay. Here sport begins 

 in earnest, and before leaving we have ten fish, 

 not one under a pound, of which three are between 

 two and three pounds, and one just over three 

 pounds. I was fishing with a Black Palmer with 

 red body and gold twist, and a small Harriet ; my 

 companion, a Brown Palmer and Green Mantle, 

 green body, grey mallard wings, silver twist ; the 

 fish rose fast and furious, and a good many got 

 off. We then drift across to some weeds, and here 

 every cast brought up a fish, all large. Some are 

 killed, others get off, all fight furiously, and we 

 increase our bag by eight good fish. Whilst drifting. 



