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m Lord Lovat is the owner of this river, and 

 ^ he is very willing to grant permission to gen- 

 tlemen to fish on sending in their cards. 



THE EIVER ESK. 



The North and South Esk are rivers of 

 Forfar, falling into the sea near Montrose. The 

 North Esk is the best of the two, and affords 

 excellent angling for salmon and sea-trout in 

 August and September. These rivers may be 

 visited by rail from Aberdeen or Dundee, at 

 ' the present day. I have been told by a gentle- 

 man residing at Forfar, that the North Esk was 

 sometimes swarming with salmon and grilse to 

 an incredible extent. The wealthy proprietor 

 of the river will give instant permission to 

 gentlemen to fly fish, information of which he 

 can obtain at the town of Montrose, on the 

 Great Northern Railroad. 



The flies to suit these rivers are small and 

 plain. A small claret fly with mallai'd wings ; 

 a fly with brown body and a furnace hackle, 

 mallard wings mixed with blue peacock neck 



, feather, strips of mallard in tail, and gold 



"^^ HookC or CC. 



