BEST TIME FOR TROLLING. 211 



the wind is very strong, it is almost impossible to 

 row the boat sufficiently fast against it to keep 

 the bait spinning. 



Trolling should be done in deeper water than 

 fly-fishing, and every part of the loch may be trolled 

 over, avoiding the very deep portions. Water from 

 ten to twenty feet deep is usually considered the 

 best ground, but stray fish, and those generally of 

 large size, may be taken even in the middle of the 

 loch. 



A dark stormy day is considered most favour- 

 able, but no day is objectionable, and even in a 

 dead calm trout may be taken with a small natural 

 or artificial minnow, when they cannot be taken by 

 any other means. In the early part of the season 

 trout will take most freely during the forenoon ; 

 but in June and July, if the weather is at all warm, 

 early morning is the best time, and when there is 

 no wind, from sunrise to sunset is the only time 

 when there is much chance of sport by this means. 

 Large fish are most inclined to take when the 

 waters of the loch are high and dark- coloured after 

 a flood. 



Trolling is dull work, as it is by no means 

 uncommon for an angler to toil a whole day with- 

 out getting a single specimen, and even when 

 successful the merit of the capture lies partly with 

 the boatman, who knows the places and rows the 

 boat. Unless the loch is too stormy to fish with 



