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scores have been made in the spring ere this, and no doubt will be 

 again, in Kinnaird Water. The spring fishing in the North Esk 

 would be just as good if the nets were off. 



Above Brechin as far as Tannadice, 12 miles, the river has a 

 tendency to flow with too great uniformity; there is rather too 

 much smooth gravel-bed between lines of tree-skirted bank. I 

 believe much of this water could, however, be improved by a little 

 judicious croy or incomplete weir building, and if the stock of fish 

 increases as it may be expected to do, some attention should be given 

 to this possibility. There are over 30 pools at the present time 

 which are good, the angling rights being divided chiefly between 

 Finavon and Careston. Above Tannadice the streamy character 

 becomes more accentuated, the bed of the river being boulder 

 strewn and the banks tree-clad. In summer this section of the river 

 becomes very shallow and rather hopeless for holding salmon. Good 

 holding pools exist, however, at New Mill, Inshewan, and Shielhill. 



The class of fish in the North and South Esks is somewhat similar, 

 and not a few large salmon are got in the South Water, as already 

 reported for the North Water. The heaviest rod-caught fish in the 

 four last years were 37 lb., 34 lb., 35J lb., and 34 Ib. In 1907, 

 and also in 1906, a 52 lb. fish was taken in the nets of the district. 



