94 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



wards, the news came to me that fish were being 

 taken in the higher reaches. I returned to the 

 river with the determination of giving my attention 

 to the white trout, and I was rewarded with quite 

 a nice bit of sport and a creel of fish. 



Ten salmon were brought in that day, varying 

 in weight from 5 Ib. to iolb., and many exciting 

 tales were told of bigger ones lost. 



On the following day I worked upwards past 

 "Paddy's Pool" to the " Long Pool," where I 

 caught my first fish and rose another. I also got 

 one in " Wee Bridge Pool," and rose two other 

 fish in " John Vredean Pool." 



In addition to the two salmon, I got several 

 large white trout ; so that I had quite a pleasant 

 day, and, I am pleased to add, every one else had 

 been as successful, or more so, than I had been. 



There are some splendid pools for sport in the 

 third and fourth day's beats on this pretty river, and 

 should you find them in ply, it would be nothing 

 wonderful for you to get half-a-dozen or more fish. 

 Even in No. 6 beat there are some most useful 

 pools, in which, when the water is low, you will be 

 sure to see a number of salmon ; and, when there 

 has been rain, you are certain to get rare fun, for, 

 when they are hooked, they rush up and down from 

 pool to pool. 



My gillie was more at home on the river than 

 on the sea. He appeared to have quite an affec- 

 tionate knowledge of each pool, which caused him 



