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where 54 fish have been killed on one rod in one day. In 1854 

 Lord Lovat had 128 fish in eight days. In 1859 Colonel Duff had 

 106 fish in seven days. In 1864 Lord Lovat had 146 fish in five 

 days. Ye gods ! think of 29 fish a day for five consecutive days. 

 These results were got when the grilse were running either at the 

 end of June or beginning of July. 



The spring fish of the Beauly are commonly of the small class, 

 i.e. the fish entering fresh water for the first time, and which 

 have passed their grilse stage in the sea, fish rising four years 

 old and 8 to 10 Ib. in weight. Examples of the large class of 

 spring fish, 15 to 20 Ib., are comparatively rare, so that the 22 Ib. 

 fish marked in the Beauly and recaptured in the Ness was excep- 

 tional. It is quite possible this fish belonged to the Ness or Garry, 

 and had run up the Beauly before finding its proper river. 



The total number of fish taken by rod in the Beauly is usually 

 estimated by the estate as being from 800 to 1000, but in 1908 this 

 was considerably exceeded if sea-trout are included, as over 900 

 sea-trout were taken in the tidal pools alone a quite unprece- 

 dented number and 364, I believe, in the Home and Falls beats. 

 Including Downie and the Home and Falls, the total reported take 

 is 208 salmon and grilse, weighing 1666 Ib., and 428 sea-trout, 

 weighing 436 Ib. 



In April, May, June, July, and August, the Home and Falls 

 beats were let in 1908. In February and March an occasional rod 

 fished from Beaufort Castle, and in September and the available 

 half of October fishing was also carried on from the Castle. The 

 results for this year were given in The Field, 1 and are of interest 

 as showing the value of the various months. I also have a record 

 of salmon and grilse taken in 1907, which I may also add. 2 



216 



187 



364 



1 A. Ross, Oct. 23rd, 1908. 



2 Fishing Gazette, October 26th, 1907. 



