280 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



which grow to a great size, and the brown trout 

 are the prettiest and most plucky that I know of 

 anywhere, and grow to an enormous size. I am 

 the fortunate possessor of a perfect specimen which 

 was captured by my friend Mr. Edward Ware, who, 

 noticing my envious looks when the fish brought 

 the scale down below iglb., said, "Why, Geen, 

 old boy, I'd sooner give you the fish than see you 

 look like that." I've got it. It is a perfect speci- 

 men in shape and colouring, splendidly put up by 

 Messrs. Macleay and Son, of Inverness. 



There are those who think that nothing profitable 

 can be added to what has been already written 

 about the sit-and-be-patient method of angling for 

 salmon that is called " harling." The very pertinent 

 fact of having to sit helplessly while your gillies 

 seek for and hook the fish is the factor which causes 

 the intelligent angler to ask himself if he has 

 provided his fishermen with the best possible lures 

 adjusted to the best and least visible lines and 

 traces. I dare to assert that the orthodox two 

 rods with lines paid out to varying lengths, and 

 two baits with contrasted colour-blends, fall far 

 short of what is needed to provide the maximum 

 chance of success. Knowing this from long personal 

 experience, I shall presume to give details of what 

 constitute, in my opinion, the best trap or set of 

 traps to increase the chances of sport and enhance 

 the interest of the patiently-waiting sportsman. 



The depth at which the baits should be spinning 



