SPEY FLIES AND WADING GEAR. 



" Nee minus atque alios fallet tibi dadala musca 

 Ai titii-i distiucta manu plumaque tciu lla 

 Consita." 



JAMKS PAHKK (Lord Wensleydale), 



Cambridge Tripos Verses, 1802. 



THE golden period of sport for the angler on this 

 portion of the Spey is from the 2Gth of August 

 to the 15 tli of Octoher. On the former day the 

 nets are taken off, and on the latter the rod-fish- 

 ing season closes. The pools during the early 

 part of September generally contain a fair supply 

 of newly-run salmon and grilse, although the dry 

 weather which prevails at this time of year on 

 the Morayshire coast seldom fails to affect the 

 depth of the water injuriously, and to con tine the 

 fish too much to their respective quarters, until 

 the first welcome autumnal spate sets them free. 

 The tenants of the lower pools then move higher 

 up the river, and shoals of fine salmon that have 

 long been congregating outside the estuary, and 



