AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH 283 



Their names are Malcolm and Donald, from 

 Foyers Hotel, with whom it is ever a pleasure 

 to fish, be the success what it may. 



The fishing of Loch Ness calls for more judg- 

 ment and calculation than does that in Loch Tay. 

 I am speaking now of the fishing from Foyers. 

 There are here two primary matters to be con- 

 sidered when making the morning start. " Where 

 is the wind ? " It is more than probably from either 

 the south-west or north-east that is, up or down 

 the loch. Then, " What day of the week is it 

 and how are the steamers to run ? " For much 

 advantage and comfort are to be derived from the 

 fact that you can, after going with the wind twelve 

 miles to the north-east, come back by the steamer, 

 which, by the arrangement of our host, Mr. Tilston, 

 will take you, your men and your boat home at 

 quite a moderate charge. Or you may on certain 

 two days of the week, while the wind is in the same 

 quarter, go by early steamer to Fort Augustus and 

 fish home some twelve miles with the wind. So 

 you can almost always with good judgment ensure 

 that your boatmen will be, without exhausting 

 efforts, travelling at the right speed and in the 

 direction most likely to allure the fish. 



When the wind is in the east a direction not 

 disliked at Foyers you should be up early and on 

 board the steamer for the Inverness end of the 

 loch, thence to start your twelve miles' fishing 

 homewards. 



