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five times larger than the summer fly, and 

 the coarsest tackle may be employed. I have 

 heard, that Lord Home has sometimes taken 

 thirty fish in a day, in spring fishing. About, 

 and above Melrose, I have taken, in a morn^ 

 ing in July, two or three grilses ; and in 

 September the same number. I have known 

 eighteen taken earlier, by an excellent salmon 

 fisher, at Merton ; and the late Lord Somerville 

 often took six or seven fish in a day's angling. 

 The same "fuit " I must apply to most of 

 the Scotch rivers. Of the Tay I have already 

 spoken. In the Dee I have never caught sal- 

 mon, though I have fished in two parts of it, 

 but it was in bad seasons. In the Don I have 

 seen salmon rise, and hooked one, but never 

 killed a fish. In the Spey I enjoyed one of 

 the best days' sport (perhaps the very best) I 

 ever had in my life : it was in the beginning of 

 September, in close time ; the water was low, 

 and as net fishing had been given over for 

 some days, the lower pools were full of fish. 

 By a privilege, which I owed to the late Duke 

 of Gordon, I fished at this forbidden time, and 

 hooked twelve or thirteen fish in one day. 

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