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trout at least from the pebbly stream at the top, 

 and there we once got a fine grayling of ij Ib. 

 which afforded satisfactory sport. 



This spot is well worthy of more attention, but we 

 have little time to spare it, as we are always so eager 

 to reach the pool beyond it, which for some reason 

 contains trout of finer average size, we should say, 

 than any other, one alone excepted, on Daer. In 

 fact, if the angler hooks a small fish here he should 

 at once conclude that the favourable time has not 

 yet arrived, and should lie down on the gravel to 

 wait, until the big ones begin to feed. If that 

 does not suit his temperament, he may proceed 

 upstream searching the pools, five in number, 

 clearly defined but differing in no essential from 

 those mentioned, until he arrives at the mouth of 

 Potrail. 



Here he is at the parting of the ways, and must 

 decide which of the two waters he will fish. We 

 can never resist the temptation of turning off up 

 Potrail and following it as far at least as the White 

 Bridge ; if sport is good we continue farther, but if 

 there is little doing, owing to want of water, 

 adverse wind, anglers ahead, or other cause, we 

 return to the Daer. We are always amazed at the 

 little Potrail ; it produces so very beautiful, bright- 

 coloured trout, and of a size remarkable, but we 

 must not neglect the Daer. 



Glenochar Pool, where three waters meet, is 

 a very long stretch, which, we notice, most anglers 

 pass by. We cannot understand their objections 

 to it, for we have had excellent sport on it by 

 casting a long line from the banks when the wind 

 was strong upstream. In other conditions we also 



