100 risH AND riSHiNa IN SCOTLAND. 



from Dunse ; Edron and Allan Bank or Chirnside are the sta- 

 tions whence may be most conveniently fished the lower waters 

 of the same river. For Talla and Tweed, the Crook and Beild 

 offer favourite shelter and resting-places for the angler, where, 

 reposing for the evening, he may enjoy from the windows of his 

 own inn a sight of Tweed's crystal stream. At Peebles, the 

 angler may fish the Lyne, and Tweed, and Manor Waters ; the 

 Eddlestone is also close at hand ; at Inverleithen he commands 

 the Tweed itself, the Leithen, and many other excellent trouting 

 streams ; lower down is the Inn of Clovenford, a good head- 

 quarters for this part of the Tweed. Even Galashiels and 

 Selkirk are still within reach of good fishing-ground; from 

 the Gordon Arms and the Cottage between the lakes, the angler 

 commands the Yarrow, and the lakes of St. Mary's, and the 

 Loch of the Lows. To fish Loch Skene, it is best to sleep at 

 the Birchen Hill, but it may be reached from the Beatock, from 

 Moffat, and from the Gordon Arms. Kelso is an excellent sta- 

 tion from which the angler may fish the Eden, the Teviot, and 

 the Tweed, but to fish with success the Kale, College and Beau- 

 mont waters, he should take his station at Town Yetholm, and 

 at a village on the Kale. The Glen may be fished from Wooler 

 and the Till at several points on the road to Corhill. 



CHAPTER I. 



EDDLESTONE TTATEH THE LTNE. 



THE Eddlestone, which runs from the north, and joins the 

 Tweed near Peebles, is a good angling stream, when taken in the 

 right mood. The village of Eddlestone is the best starting 

 point, either towards the source of the river or towards the 

 Tweed. During heavy rains or floods, like all streams joining a 

 larger one, the fish from this latter rush up the smaller stream, 

 and may be taken in any numbers. At those times, when the 



