70 Wet-Fly Fishing 



from Aberfeldy, the Ness at Inverness, and 

 last and not least, the Navar, that noted 

 salmon river, where the only good trout 

 fishing with the wet fly, seems to be just 

 above "No. 1," near to the loch out of 

 which it flows. Sometimes very pretty 

 sport indeed, is to be had there. Lastly, I 

 have fished the Wutach from Bad Boll, but 

 I was only recovering from an illness, and 

 thus was not able to endure much fatigue 

 during my ten days' stay there. How- 

 ever, I saw sufficient to know that there 

 was an abundance of good water and any 

 amount of trout, and I had some excellent 

 sport. I wish I had exploited the lower 

 reaches, as I have since heard of sport 

 which simply made my mouth water, both 

 as regards the average size of trout taken 

 and their numbers. I can vouch for it that 

 my information is from a reliable source. 

 As the volume of a stream largely influences 

 the methods of the wet-fly fisherman, so 

 that the subject of fishing " waters " needs 

 a separate chapter as distinct from parent 

 rivers, the same unwritten law manifestly 

 influences the fisherman when dealing with 

 rivers proper, according as they are under 

 the influence I had nearly written the 

 spell of flood or of drought. 



