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THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



instrumentality of the Ness Angling Association of which more 

 anon so that the whole waterway is now clear or practically clear 

 of netting 



I anticipate, therefore, that salmon angling in the Ness and in 

 the waters above will now steadily improve. 



For a great many years the river Ness has been regarded as a 

 summer and autumn river only. As a matter of fact, when netting 



Garry 0MMMMNI, 



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Weekly Mean Temperatures of Rivers Garry (Inverness-shire) and Ness, 

 Winter, 1901-1902. 



was steadily carried on the effect was that while a certain number 

 of early fish ran through the river into the loch and on to the Oich 

 and Garry, they chiefly did so, in many years, before the netting 

 season commenced. Many of the fish taken in the Garry in 

 February are well coloured. Others were netted out, and the 

 remainder were not over numerous. In addition to this the tem- 

 perature of the river Ness is relatively high I have found the 

 mean in spring to be 4 higher than the mean of the Garry and 

 fish are induced to ascend rapidly in the open " streamy " water 



