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stream between the two lochs, which was in 

 perfect order. It was only a few yards wide 

 and I could cover the entire fishable water with 

 my fourteen-foot Castleconnell rod. I rose 

 several fish, killed three who gave good sport, 

 and lost a fly in another. As the water was 

 about fished out we went down to the six-mile 

 pool, where I killed one and lost another, but 

 the fish were all small, 5|, 4 J, 4, 3 J lb. 



The following day we again tried the seven- 

 mile pool, but the water had run down and 

 there was little or no stream between the two 

 lochs. I got one fish of 4 lb., and never saw 

 another. As there was little chance of more 

 salmon I asked my host if there were any trout 

 in the neighbourhood. He strongly advised 

 me trying a loch nine miles up the road, where 

 he and a friend had got twenty-seven dozen 

 mud trout (? char) in one day's fishing the 

 previous year. After a rough drive over a 

 very bad road for the last three miles we found 

 the loch, but it was so overgrown with water- 

 lilies that there was not a square yard of water 

 on which to cast a fly. Whether they had 

 grown up since his visit and whether they died 

 down later on in the season I cannot say, but 

 we had wasted our day. I could not under- 

 stand the river ; thousands of sea trout run up 

 but I never saw or rose one. It was hardly 



