CHAP. vi. The Best Fish occupy the Best Holts. in 



I may instance the following in " My Life as an Angler," by William 

 Henderson, London, William Satchell and Co., 12, Tavistock Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C., 1880, a book that is very pleasant reading : 



" I remember a tale told me by Johnny Younger, which shows how 

 surely the angler may rely upon this habit of the largest trout. On one 

 of my visits to his workshops he mentioned three evenings' fishing which 

 his son had recently taken in the Tweed. On the first of these, when fishing 

 upwards, I believe with the worm, he came to the stream which flows 

 immediately below Merton Cauld. The hour was late, the gloaming far 

 advanced, and the angler had captured several trout of the usual size, when 

 on trying one particular spot which he knew by experience to be the best, 

 he succeeded in taking a fish of, if I remember rightly, 3 Ibs. weight. On 

 hearing this Johnny observed that no doubt this was 'the tyrant,' and 

 advised his son to try the same spot on the subsequent evening, as the 

 fish next in size would no doubt be found there. The prophecy proved 

 true ; a fish somewhat smaller than the last was basketed. On the third 

 evening another trout still rather less was captured, but the three were far 

 heavier than anv others taken." 



