HOW TO FISH A LOCH 237 



Mary of Scotland made her escape from the 

 castle. They are, I believe, now in the Edin- 

 burgh Museum. 



But I must not further weary the reader, and 

 he probably knows quite as much of these events 

 as I do, if not more ; so to return to the subject 

 of loch-fishing. 



When it is desired to fish a large expanse of 

 water, such as a loch, it is obviously impossible to 

 do so from the banks. The assistance of a boat 

 is therefore necessary. To row aimlessly about 

 in search of sport would be both laborious and 

 unsystematic. The following plan is therefore 

 generally adopted. The boat is rowed up to the 

 windward shore, and then permitted to drift 

 across, broadside on, in front of the wind, until it 

 reaches the opposite side, when the process is 

 repeated, but this time a little farther to the right 

 or left of the previous drift, as may be desired, 

 until the whole of the water, or as much as is 

 possible, has been fished over. If two anglers 

 are in the boat> one takes his stand in the bows 

 and the other in the stern, and as the boat is 

 driven across by the wind, they cast in front of it. 

 The slower the boat moves the better, so long as 

 there is sufficient breeze to move it. The great 

 secret in this style of fishing is to allow the flies, 

 three or four of which are generally used, to 

 sink and work their own will, for the action 



