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convinced that the time is not far distant when 

 serious steps must be taken to counteract the 

 great predominance of bull-trout ; " and again, " The 

 superabundance of bull-trout in the Tweed is, in 

 my opinion, one of the great causes of the salmon- 

 disease in that river." 



Indigenous in almost all salmon-rivers, sea-trout 

 abound also in many streams where salmon are 

 never seen ; and even certain tributaries of the 

 rivers which salmon frequent are inhabited by sea- 

 trout alone. This is especially the case in the 

 Whitadder, into which salmon never enter. Sea- 

 trout may be looked for in all kinds of water in 

 pools, in eddies, and in rapid streams and may 

 be taken with fly, worm, or minnow, though they 

 cannot be said to be particularly fond of the last. 



A light salmon or grilse rod of 16 or 17 feet, 

 with a line to correspond, will be found the most 

 suitable for this kind of fishing. A reel is gen- 

 erally indispensable; nevertheless I have, when 

 angling for yellow trout with the loop-rod, killed 

 sea-trout upwards of 5 Ib. in weight. The ordinary 

 artificial trout-flies are great favourites with this 

 fish during the whole season ; the night-flies already 

 given are also quite suitable, and the smaller 

 salmon-flies are often greedily taken. The colours 

 and varieties recommended by some anglers are 

 almost endless, but are quite unnecessary, the fact 





