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in Scotland for the rent. The landlord of the Oykel 

 Bridge Inn will answer all enquiries on this subject. 

 There is, moreover, ample room for two rods on each 

 beat, and the fish are bold, free risers, while much 

 of the casting requires precise neatness. During my 

 stay at Langwell, my host fished but little, as, amusing 

 himself with heather-burning and trapping, he passed 

 his rod on to Mrs. Hunt on all likely days. 



I remained in these happy quarters till the 29th of 

 April ; the last ten days, however, being horridly fine, 

 sport was but poor during that time. Our take for 

 the month was 34 fish, weighing just 340 lbs., and 

 practically caught in some fifteen days. Since the 

 commencement of this season of 1897, Captain Hunt 

 has rented the Skibo and Invercarron nets, with a view 

 to making sport better both on the Carron, the Shin, 

 the Oykel, and the Casseley. "With that laudable 

 object in view, he is going to entirely remove the 

 Invercarron net for the first few months of the season, 

 so consequently it may be expected that the coming 

 months of March, April and May will show greatly 



