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in the district. I am fully aware that not a few anglers exist who 

 wish only to get the best sport which their money can procure, and 

 who regard the netsmen as their antagonists and natural enemies. 

 Long-line fishermen would rejoice to see all the trawlers sunk for the 

 same selfish reason. But the salmon must be supplied to the market, 

 and the best marketable fish comes from the sea. Until trawling 

 was introduced the sole was scarcely seen on the British breakfast 

 table. 



I have no hesitation in saying that salmon netting and salmon 

 angling can exist satisfactorily side by side ; the question is one of 

 regulation. There are immense difficulties to be overcome in some 

 districts before proper regulations can be brought about. If from 

 the pages that follow some appreciation of what these particular 

 difficulties are can be secured, we are a step nearer proper regulation. 



The order in which the various river-districts are arranged is 

 geographical, from the Tweed northwards round the coast, along the 

 Pentland Firth, and south on the west side of the country to the 

 Solway. 



