Fly Fishing for Sea Trout. 97 



well satisfied with our day's sport, and well we may 

 be. It is one of the red-letter days in my journal. 



As previously stated, one of the best sea trout 

 lochs on the west coast of Scotland is Loch 

 Ailt. When I first fished that loch I tried 

 the usual sized sea trout flies. Not a rise 

 could I get. Old Angus quietly remarked, 

 " they are too small." I gave him my book, and 

 he picked out two flies with which I had been 

 killing salmon on the Lochy. I at once began to 

 take fish, and some very large ones, and a splendid 

 day's sport I had, taking twenty-five as fine sea 

 trout as one could wish to see. I have fished this 

 loch for many years, and invariably find that large 

 flies are necessary for sport. The sea trout run 

 very big, as heavy as ten pounds. Fish of five, 

 six, and seven pounds are not uncommon. 



In Loch Coolin and Loch Clair, in Ross-shire, 

 large flies take well, but in Loch Maree, six miles 

 further on, much smaller flies are more general. In 

 Loch Morar the sea trout and salmon in the 

 autumn rarely take the fly, but with the Blue 

 Phantom Minnow you may get good sport. In 

 lochs the sea trout congregate near the weeds, and 

 sport is always the best when fishing near them. 

 In rivers they like the eddies formed by a rapid 

 stream, and the tails of the pools. 



But our. sport in Scotland with sea trout is as 

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