The Fishing of Waters with the Wet Fly 59 



our South of Scotland " waters," flowing 

 through a rich and open agricultural district, 

 to a Highland stream, such as I have spoken 

 of already, flowing for many miles amongst 

 lofty mountains, with a daily minimum of 

 sunshine, as a direct consequence ? 



So much for a few harmless theories as 

 to the possible causes of the early or late 

 characteristics of various streams in Scot- 

 land. I may add that, certain streams which 

 lie much further north than others, yield 

 earlier trouting with the fly, so it is not an 

 uninteresting subject to work out, which I 

 am in no way attempting to do, herein. 



In my first contribution to the pages 

 of the Fishing Gazette, entitled " North 

 Country Fly-Fishing," I told how, when 

 fishing the Isla above Glenisla, Forfarshire, 

 in the month of May, I once had an experi- 

 ence, possessing certain features which gave 

 an added charm the charm which comes 

 from getting out of the ordinary beaten 

 track. The Isla there, is of the size of " a 

 water," and it was unusually low at the 

 time. 



I had fished a certain "hole" or pool 

 which was bounded on the farther side by 

 rocks, into which the stream from above 

 rushed at a right angle, causing, in flood 



