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promised well, for I heard from my hostess that she 



had killed six fish, averaging ten pounds each, the day 



before — all of which were hooked while wading, which 



is a record performance, I think, for a lady facing 



snow water in the month of March. When in ply, 



this river is a charming one to fish, but, as it has 



no large loch to keep it going, like the Shin and 



the Awe, unless the weather is distinctly showery, it 



quickly falls too low to admit of very successful 



angling. 



At present Captain Hunt has the whole of both banks 



of the river, from the falls above Oykel Bridge Inn to 



the Sutherland Kyle, a distance of some seven miles. 



This stretch he divides into upper and lower beats, and 



putting a limit of two rods to each section, who can use 



no other lure than the fly, he allows the Oykel Bridge 



inn-keeper to let one beat, while keeping the other for 



himself and a guest, or for the use of whoever occupies 



Langwell Lodge. As the beats are fished on alternate 



days, the four rods absolutely share and share alike, and 



with the water right there is no better bit of fishing 



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