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Ross-shire on which the fish are said 

 never to rise well. Nevertheless, if a 

 man knows the water and is prepared to 

 work hard all day, he can generally fill 

 his basket. This is true of most lochs." 



With regard to the reluctance of trout 

 to rise " under apparently perfect condi- 

 tions," I recollect one August day on 

 Loch Etive, when I fished for hours in 

 company with Mr. Mayo Robson, who, 

 along with the Craig shooting, held fishing 

 rights in the Noe and Liver, both of 

 which fall into that beautiful loch. The 

 prevailing weather, a strong westerly 

 wind and unceasing fine rain, was locally 

 regarded as perfect, yet the fish were 

 obdurate, and only a few very small 

 individuals rose, spasmodically and mostly 

 short. Yet on the day before, with 

 bright sunshine and not a ripple on the 

 surface anything, in short, but promising 

 conditions I had found small sea -trout 

 rising freely. 



The whole moral of this book, then, is 

 to persist. As one correspondent says : 



