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this first half-hour of a flood, after fishing 

 the two days previous without a rise. 

 Again, the depth of water is all-important 

 in influencing a salmon's rise. . . . The 

 fish do not lie at all in certain throws, 

 unless the depth of water suits them. 

 None of these considerations apply in the 

 case of trout." 



Lord It is of the first importance to ascertain 



ine's note fr om local information the precise degree 



on the Orchy. o f spate in which any particular river, 

 or pool of a river, is likely to give the 

 fisherman of its best. Of the Orchy, for 

 instance, which I fished unsuccessfully in 

 a moderate height of water during the 

 autumn of 1905, Lord Breadalbane 

 writes : " The Orchy has its source in 

 Loch Tulla, of course small streams 

 falling into it, but its course on the main 

 body of the water comes from the loch, 

 and therefore it does not come down 

 coloured like many streams, for instance 

 the Tweed, which, in high spate, is often 

 unfishable on account of its colour. The 

 Orchy does not fish well when very small. 



