BEST PATITS OF A LOCH. 203 



every time till he come to the stern, when he 

 should begin again. 



The parts of the loch in which to fish, as has 

 been before stated, can only be ascertained with 

 certainty by local experience. The amount of 

 food is the principal cause which influences trout 

 in their preference of one part of a loch to 

 another, and this depends entirely upon the 

 nature of the bottom. The bays and creeks in 

 the immediate vicinity of any place where a stream 

 enters are generally good ground, as the stream 

 brings down mud and vegetable matter, which 

 being deposited in the neighbourhood, is peculiarly 

 favourable to the development of insect life. It 

 is by no means uncommon to find the trout in one 

 part of a loch quite red in the flesh, and in another 

 quite white, the red-fleshed ones being on a supe- 

 rior feeding-bank. Sport may almost always be 

 depended upon in the neighbourhood of weeds and 

 large stones, which afford shelter to the trout. The 

 angler should allow his boat to drift alongside, 

 and cast as near to the weeds and stones as pos- 

 sible. Places where the water is overhung with 

 trees should also be fished with great care, as 

 some trout are generally on the outlook for any 

 insects that may drop or be blown from them. 



The best trout taken with the fly are usually 

 got in from four to ten feet of water. In the 

 deep parts of the loch little can be done, we be- 

 lieve, because there are few trout in them, the 



