ANGLING DISTRICTS. 145 



ARGYLESHIRE. 



The Argyleshire river is more famous for its small 

 salmon and whitlings than its yellow trout. The lat- 

 ter seldom attain any size among the rocky and barren 

 streams of this county. They are lean, large-headed, 

 and weak, very different from those bred in its lochs, 

 which mostly possess rich weeded or channelled bot- 

 toms, favourable to the growth of fish. We shall not 

 attempt to classify the vast numbers of waters scattered 

 over this wild and mountainous region, nor is it neces- 

 sary. The angler has only to be there ; and if the 

 weather be favourable, he cannot go amiss for sport, 

 whether he seeks it among the lochs or streams. 



The likeliest months, especially during rain, are July 

 and August, when the white trout ascend in great 

 quantities. Many of the tarns in this shire are literally 

 chokeful of fish, and a very indifferent hand may easily 

 capture from six to fourteen dozen. The principal 

 rivers in Argyleshire are the Awe, which flows from 

 Loch Awe into Loch Etive, an arm of the sea ; the 

 Urchayfrom Loch Tulla, the Avish, the Creran, Etive, 

 the Euchanin Morven, and the Coe. The Shira, Ary, 

 and Douglas Water, fall into Lochfine ; the Lochy, 

 Druiskie, Cona, Scadie, and Gour, into Loch Eil. In 

 Islay are the Anaharly, Laggan, and Lorn rivers. In 

 Arran, Scordale and lorsa ; the Aros on the Isle of 

 Mull, &c. &c. A green fly made so as to resemble the 

 grasshopper is reckoned very killing on all of these 

 streams. The principal lochs are Awe, Eck, Tulla, 

 Treachtan, Avich, Conich, na-Chiurn, Sulemore, 

 Dulate, Camloch, Dowloch, Scamadale, Curhary, 

 Uisk, Ardglash, Assapol, Glasken, and Garrasdill. 

 There are good quarters for the angler in some parts 

 of Argyleshire, especially near the neighbourhood of 

 Loch Awe, where, besides the inns at Dalmally, Cla- 



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