CHAPTER XVIII. 



VADS^TH AND SVARDAL. 



At the commencement of July, Tom and I had almost 

 decided to fish some of the lakes and rivers in the west 

 of Scotland for sea-trout, when we, by mere chance, 

 heard of some water to let in Norway, which, from a 

 somewhat meagre description, promised superior sport 

 with Salmo trutta, and the chance of a few salar. 



Upon the following day we interviewed the lessee, 

 and found that we were fellow-members of the Fly- 

 Fisher's Club, which of itself was sufficient introduction, 

 and very little time sufficed to arrange details which gave 

 us the water for the season, and which, from start to 

 finish, proved satisfactory to all parties. 



The lessee gave us all the information he had gathered 

 during a couple of days' angling in the locality the 

 previous year, which had resulted in a fish of about 20 lbs., 

 and a few sea-trout of from 3 lbs. to 4 lbs. apiece. This 

 certainly was no brilliant prospect ; but we took the 



