206 DAYS STOLEN FOR SPORT 



me as I stood, hidden by a bush, ready to drop my 

 fly, and by this dibbling method I got several, but 

 it was when the shades of night came that we had 

 most success, and even after it was so dark that we 

 could only guess where our fly had fallen we got 

 them with a Silver Doctor. 



In the visitor's book you may see the names of 

 many clever fishers and amongst them that of Mr 

 Cholmondeley Pennell who, perhaps, has been more 

 successful on the Shiel than any other man. His 

 captures, and those of others, as recorded in that 

 book, make hopeful reading for the new-comer, as, 

 given a full river, there is no need, nor time, to 

 sigh at their successes ; he may hope to beat all 

 records. 



The hotel has amongst its men-servants one 

 whose duty it is to get fish for the table when the 

 anglers fail and for this purpose he may use a net 

 at the river's mouth or a rod upon the river. His 

 rod is old, battered, broken, spliced and bound 

 with rough cord in sundry weak places ; but, never- 

 theless, seek out the owner of it and get from him 

 information where to go and what fly to use. 



Glenshiel is hard, both for the mind and body, 

 to get away from. Ask your kindly landlady 

 about the drive back to Glenelg and the day the 

 Mallaig boat leaves there. We had our day fixed 

 for returning and started asking questions over-late, 

 so that our getting back was roundabout. But we 

 managed it by driving to Strome Ferry to catch the 

 eleven twenty-five. The distance by the road is 

 somewhere near to twenty miles and, to accomplish 

 it, the mail allows four hours. We rose very early 

 and did the task comfortably although we had so 



