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angle in it requires a local knowledge of the water, which a 

 stranger has not. It has many tributaries in which there is good 

 trout ing; namely, the Fruin, the Gudrick, the Douglas, the Luss, 

 the Finlass, the Glenfalloch, and the Invernglass. The trout in all 

 these feeders run very small, though they are very numerous. 



When the angler is at Dumbarton or its neighbourhood, we 

 would advise him to penetrate forthwith into the county of Argyle- 

 shire, a district rich in the finest fishing waters, and bold and 

 majestic scenery. The town of Inverary is an excellent fishing 

 station. Loch Vine is in the immediate neighbourhood, into which 

 the rivers Ayr and Shira fall. There is first-rate sport to be had 

 here. The Douglas Water runs into Loch Eine, and it is very 

 prolific of fine trout. Dalmally is another fishing station, where a 

 a rod-fisher may spend a week or two with great pleasure. Loch 

 Awe is only a short distance from it. There is Port Sonnachan on 

 its banks, another fashionable rendezvous for anglers. The river 

 Awe is a first-rate water for fine trout and salmon. There is 

 likewise the Orchy, a stream of high repute. About ten miles from 

 Loch Awe, in a north-easterly direction, Loch Etive will be found. 

 Both it and the river Etive are splendid localities for sport ; and 

 the scenery aroimd the waters is the most sublime and impressive 

 that can be imagined. Besides the Etive, the main loch has the 

 following streams flowing into it: the Kinlas, the Noe, the Liver, 

 and the greater and lesser Esragans. These, though limited waters, 

 are well stocked with small trout. 



From the higher waters of the Etive, Loch Leven lies at about 

 fifteen miles distant. Loch Orenan is likewise in this vicinity, and 

 has the Crenan, the Brise, the Ure, the Dergan, and the Tended, as 

 its feeders. There is good rod-fishing in all these several waters. 



But casting an eye to our supposed starting-point at Glasgow, 

 there is a daily steamer for a place called Oban in this county, in 

 the neighbourhood of which there is a great extent of fine fishing 

 waters. Going direct to this town saves a deal of time and trouble, 

 and places the angler besides in the midst of first-rate sport. This 

 district is called the Western Highlands. Near Oban is the Euchar 

 and the Oude, both springing out of separate lochs. There are ten 

 or a dozen sheets of water within a few miles of Oban, in all of 

 which there is good fisliing for trout, and as much bottom-fishing 

 as any man can desire. There is a lake called Donolly Beg Loch, in 

 which anglers often capture a peculiar kind of trout thick, short, 

 very red in the flesh, and generally weighing about half a pound. 

 These are occasionally caught in great quantities. Loch Nell is 

 about seven miles in circumference, and is connected with an arm 

 of the sea by means of a small river called the Clugh. Salmon are 

 often caught with the rod, of considerable weight. In most of the 

 lochs we have named in this district, the yellow trout, weighing 

 from four to six pounds, are often captured. In what are called 

 the Black Lakes, about three miles from Oban, large quantities of 

 sea-trout are often taken with the fly. 



