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THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



Remarks. 



Feb. and March alone. 

 No fishing most of Feb. 

 No mention of May. 

 No mention of May. 

 March and April alone. 



Remarks. 

 Heavy water all March. 



In April. 



This is a rather melancholy record of decline. If we separate the 

 quinquennial periods the result is, 14, 15, 9, 8, 4, 3. With regard 

 to the weight of fish taken in the spring the average usually works 

 out at 17 Ib. Fish from 14 Ib. to 22 Ib. are most common ; but a 

 few small springers of 9 and 10 \ occur and the heaviest fish is 

 30 Ib. 



With regard to autumn fishing a few records are available, 

 although since 1896 this fishing was let to a shooting tenant. In 

 1885 there is a note, " Gave leave to many to fish. 3 or 4 fish were 

 killed daily during the last 3 weeks." In 1891, the weights of 27 

 fish caught during the last 10 days of the season are recorded. In 

 1892 there were 34 autumn fish ; in 1893 there were 26, one of them 

 being 32 Ib., the heaviest weight. Later years give 30, 20, and 13, 

 and then no records are given till 1908, when 9 autumn fish and 2 

 spring fish make the season's total, this result being only mitigated 

 by the note " More fish seen than for many years. These results are 

 pretty plain reading and need no comment. 



I have also been favoured with a return of the fish caught at 

 Lanrick, just above. The figures are for the years 1895 to 1904 

 inclusive, and show a similar decline. 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 



41 

 26 

 19 

 10 

 13 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



13 

 11 



9 

 13 

 10 



These returns do not include the fish caught by persons to whom 

 leave to fish was granted. 



LENY WATER. 



The rise of the Leny Water, the most northerly of the three lines 

 of water-flow in the Forth district, is the Lochlarig Water which 

 flows into Loch Doine. This stream has its origin on the eastern 



