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the three seasons 1903-4-5. During the first two 

 seasons various improvements in the way of making 

 new lochs and opening up the streams were 

 carried out, and possibly this may, for the time, 

 have disturbed the running of the fish. The catch 

 of salmon, which average about 6 Ibs., was nearly 

 equal during 1903 and 1904; but that of 1905 

 shows a considerable falling-off, due, I should say, 

 more to the weather than to anything else. On the 

 other hand, the catch of sea -trout has increased, 

 though the average weight was somewhat less last 

 season. The brown trout are very plentiful ; but 

 the average weight is small. They have been 

 allowed to increase unduly, and new blood is 

 required. The crofting inhabitants have derived 

 considerable advantages from the work of the 

 Association and from the visitors thereby attracted 

 to the place, and most of them now actively 

 assist in the preservation of the fish. These lochs, 

 so near the sea, differ from many others in that 

 they give good sport in autumn. Indeed, August 

 is .usually the best month. The fish remain in the 

 lochs until the need to spawn impels them onwards. 

 Only fly is used." 



The ULLAPOOL, the CARRON, the CANNAIRD, the 

 OISKAIG, and the POLLY, in Ross-shire, are reported 

 on by Major E. W. Blunt MacKenzie, Castle Leod, 

 Strathpeffer, who writes : 



"I cannot say that there is any very marked 

 change, excepting, perhaps, in the case of the 

 Polly. That certainly has been yielding more fish 



