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actually see a sea trout take one, but the large 

 fish began to show by making boils on the sur- 

 face, and my belief is that the daddy-long-legs 

 were the cause ; and wherever the sea trout 

 showed, and I could reach them from the bank, 

 they took my fly. 



There is very interesting sea trout fishing to be 

 had in Shetland, of which I once had some ex- 

 perience. It was on a property of some 12,000 

 acres, remote from all hoteJs, and so indented by 

 small and large voes that the actual coast line 

 was about thirty miles, all wild and rocky. 

 There were innumerable lochs, but the overflow 

 of most of them fell into the sea over some 

 precipice, which no fish could ascend, and the 

 sea trout lochs were practically only two in 

 number. Two burns flowed from these lochs 

 to the sea, and joined each other about a mile 

 from their common mouth. Very little was known 

 about the fish, as far as angling was concerned, 

 and I found myself for I was alone in the first 

 days with the delightful prospect of exploring 

 the possibilities of salt and fresh water, remark- 

 able both for extent and variety. When first 

 I saw the burn it was very low, and the deeper 



