92 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



of the Earn are the Lednock and Turret on the north, the latter 

 having impassable falls, and the Machany, Euthven, and May on the 

 south, but none of these is of any account for salmon fishing. 

 Drummond Castle, Dunira, and Aberuchil hold the highest stretches, 

 although trouting below Loch Earn may be enjoyed by stopping at 

 St. Fillans Hotel. 



Below Comrie come the Lawers and Strowan estates, on the left 

 and right banks respectively, then on the left bank Ochtertyre and 

 Ferntower, still opposite Strowan Water. 



Below Crieff Bridge, on the right, the Drummond Castle private 

 water extends down to Colquhalzie (pronounced Cohiley), about 

 four miles, while on the opposite bank Lord Ancaster also holds the 

 rights for 2 miles, this portion being let. 1 Below the bridge on this 

 bank and above Lord Ancaster's water there are two short stretches 

 of about 200 and 440 yards held by separate proprietors, and below 

 the water referred to another small stretch of about 300 yards comes- 

 in before Strathallan water is reached, after which Auchterarder and 

 Gleneagles take us to Dalreoch Bridge. On the right bank, below 

 the Drummond Castle water, we have Colquhalzie, Strathallan (there 

 being a bridge here at Millearn), and Trinity Gask. 



Below Dalreoch, on the left bank, the fishings are Duncrub,. 

 Invermay, and Upper Dupplin, till Dupplin Dyke is reached, the 

 waters on the right bank are Gask and Upper Dupplin. Below this 

 all too-important dyke Dupplin fishes both banks for some little 

 distance, that next the dyke being styled the Eeserve Water the 

 most productive water on the river the other being called the 

 Lower Water. Below this, Freeland fishes both banks, and then 

 Dunbarnie and Moncrieffe face each other above Bridge of Earn. 

 Below the Bridge of Earn the Earl of Wemyss has the fishing to the 

 mouth, with the exception of a quarter of a mile just below the 

 bridge, which goes with Kinmouth. On the left bank, Kilgraston 

 and Moncrieffe, Carey and Cordon, share the fishing with Lord 

 Wemyss. 



There is much fine water in the Earn, but, unlike the larger Tay, 

 fish have not facilities for reaching it. Quite a series of bad dykes 

 exist to prevent fish becoming distributed throughout the water till 

 comparatively late in the season. The lower reaches of the river 

 are such as would naturally induce a fair proportion of spring fish to 

 enter, but with conditions as they are at present, they cannot be said 



1 Tickets for the season or shorter periods can be had at the Drummond Arms 

 Hotel, Crieff, and elsewhere. 



