360 TAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



ing from half-a-pound to two pounds in weight. I liave 

 frequently fished it; and on one occasion, June, 1833, 

 while along with the late Professor Gillespie, of St. 

 Andrews, a well-known angler, and the author of an 

 article on the subject of worm-fishing in Blackwood's 

 Magazine, captured upwards of six dozen trout, seven or 

 eight of which weighed above one-and-a-half pounds each. 



A good many sea-trout frequent this part of the Earn ; 

 but the salmon, comparatively speaking, are few. Large 

 pike are to be found in many of the pools, especially at 

 the mouth of the Pow-burn, two or three miles below 

 Crieff. Yellow trout also abound in some places ; and, 

 with minnow or worm, one may occasionally fill a good- 

 sized pannier. Not far from Crieff lie the artificial 

 ponds at Drummond Castle. These were stocked ori- 

 ginally from Loch Leven ; but I understand the trout 

 have much fallen off in point of flavour, although still 

 maintaining their redness of flesh. There are pike and 

 perch in the pleasure-lakes at Auchtertyre and Aber- 

 cairney, and trout in the Loch of Balloch, at the foot of 

 Torlum. 



Below Crieff, a number of small rivulets enter the 

 Earn. Of these, the Mahony and May-waters are the 

 principal. The latter abounds in nice trout, and is one 

 of the best angling streams, taking its size into account, 

 in the whole of Perthshire. It is, however, under very 

 strict preservation. 



The salmon-fishings on Earn have much fallen off in 

 point of produce. Those connected with the Moncrieffe 

 property are rented for about thirty-one pounds per 

 annum ; those in the parish of Fofgandenny for about 

 ten pounds. The best stations for the angler are at 

 Crieff and Comrie, where there are excellent inns. Loch 

 Turret, I may mention, is now under reservation ; but 



