270 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



at Meggernie that are alive with salmon and grilse 

 which afford wonderful sport to those lucky enough 

 to gain permission of the owners, the trustees of the 

 late Mr. Bullough. The falls at Meggernie are 

 worth a long day's walk to see, especially when 

 they are in flood and the fish are in the mood to 

 surmount them ; then to all beholders they are truly 

 grand. 



I would advise that your equipment should 

 include both a salmon and a grilse rod, for much 

 of the river can be fished with the latter with ease 

 and safety, while other portions need both a 

 stronger rod and the strongest tackle. Have a 

 Dusty Miller, a Wasp, Blue Doctor, Silver Doctor, 

 a Butcher, and, of course, a Jock Scott, all on 

 No. 6 hooks. 



Trout-fishers should have a happy time at 

 Fortingall. The hotel is well-managed and the 

 young proprietor a most obliging man. Some 

 portions of the river broaden out so considerably 

 that boats are necessary, but these are provided 

 free of charge. I mention this because a friend 

 of mine who fishes Loch Leven, and who is a 

 piscatorial mathematician of the first water, informs 

 me that the cost of boats alone on that loch works 

 out at four shillings for every pound weight 

 caught. 



With a rod that fits you and the following 

 flies Hare's Lug, Green well's Glory, Malloch's 

 Favourite, and Skin-the-Goat until June ; and then 



