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CHAPTER XI. 



Loch-fishing Reminiscences of Lochleven The Castle Keys 

 How to fish a Loch Drifting Sunk Flies Want of 

 Skill conducive to Success Fighting Qualities of Lochleven 

 Trout The Angling Competition Nuisance Feeding- 

 grounds of Loch Fish Dangers of Loch-fishing 'An 

 East Wind and its only Virtue ' Best Months for fishing 

 on Lochleven The Green Inn Flies suitable for Lake 

 Trout-fishing. 



WHERE a loch is well stocked, and the fish in it 

 are of a good average size, excellent sport may be 

 obtained ; and such, for a short time, is a pleasant 

 change to the ordinary river-fishing. I do not 

 think, however, that, good though the sport may 

 be, it is ever as satisfying to the true sportsman as 

 that to be obtained by the river-side, although in 

 the latter case the bag may be a far lighter one 

 at the end of the day. 



By the river there is ever so much which serves 

 to give zest and interest to the sport. Each bend 

 discloses fresh beauties ; each cast is different. 

 Here the trout lie under the banks ; there, at the 

 tail of the pool. Stills and rapids alternate with 

 each other ; there is, too, more difficulty, more 



