SEA TROUT FISHING 155 



Such are some of the perplexities of sea trout 

 fishing in large rivers. 



Large rivers, however, are not the most suit- 

 able for sea trout fishing. The sea trout is not 

 content to stay for days and weeks in running 

 water or strong streams, as the salmon is. 

 What it really likes is to get to deep still water 

 as soon as possible ; and small rivers giving 

 easy access to lochs, or having deep still reaches 

 of their own, are the best places for sea trout 

 fishing. 



The streams and shorter pools of these rivers 

 give the best sport of all, when the fish are there, 

 but it must be remembered that sea trout pass 

 quickly through the running water, and the best 

 river fishing for sea trout is limited to the par- 

 ticular weeks of the season and the special con- 

 ditions of the river, in which sea trout run up 

 from the salt water. The season during which 

 these fish run in the greatest numbers is in July 

 and August. During these months they accumu- 

 late at the mouths of small rivers and burns, 

 going to and fro in the tidal water waiting for 

 a flood. With each flood or spate, as it is 

 called, quantities of the fish move up the river, 



