FISHING IN NORTH OF SCOTLAND 135 



a time when they were flooded and unapproach- 

 able. Whilst we, in the neighbourhood of Rhyl, 

 have not been fortunate in our fishing weather, 

 my daughter Rose, who is a bit of an enthusiast, 

 has had better luck in the North of Scotland. 

 She and her husband have been having what 

 she calls a " most delightful time "; they spent 

 a week at Lairg and fished three lochs. 



" Fishing there now," she says, " is not good 

 as they have had too much rain, but we did not 

 do badly, and on Loch Beannath we got eleven 

 nice trout; the biggest was about if Ib. We 

 thought it a poor day, but on our return to the 

 hotel we were much congratulated on our basket 

 so we felt better. It was a very trying day, 

 nothing but squalls the whole time. . . . We 

 came on here yesterday, and here we are (at 

 Forsinard, Sutherlandshire) in a most comfort- 

 able hotel, good feeding and attendance, all to 

 ourselves. ... It is all moorland and hills, most 

 lovely, such soft air, just like their water, and 

 the sun out all day. We cycled on the Helms- 

 dale Road to see a loch we are to fish to-morrow 

 (good luck go with us), and this afternoon we 

 wandered over the moor and up by the River 

 Halladale; coming back we were resting by the 

 falls when to our delight we saw salmon jump- 

 ing, trying to get up a difficult fall. We have 

 never seen anything of the kind before, and we 

 spent quite an hour watching them. They do 

 fight hard, poor beggars; they were not large, 

 only about 2 Ib. or 3 lb., but it was wonderful 

 how, like Bruce's spider, they tried and tried." 



