22 Scotch Loch-Fishing. 



if a basket is to be made at all. Some days 

 the fly is of no use either owing to a calm, or 

 to a bright sky ; and a well-managed trolling- 

 line or two is then the only resort, unless one 

 stops fishing altogether. And if big trout and 

 ferox are wanted, nothing succeeds indeed 

 nothing will succeed, except very occasionally 

 but trolling, either with artificial or natural 

 bait. So to be complete you must have the 

 requisite tackle, and we will tell you what is 

 necessary, both for small and large fish, in as 

 few words as we possibly can. A ROD specially 

 adapted for trolling is almost a necessity, as it 

 is a great strain upon an ordinary fly-rod to 

 have the weight of 30 or 40 yards of line 

 upon it : even a good rod is apt to get an ugly 

 bend from such treatment. The rod for trolling 

 need not be long 12 to 14 feet is quite suffi- 

 cient but it must be stiff; and we consider 

 that the rings through which the line is led 

 ought to be large and fixed that is, standing 

 out permanently from the wood, called by the 

 trade upright rings. A spare top will be sup- 

 plied along with it. The REEL should be of 

 the largest description, and may be got as 

 strong as possible, lightness being no recom- 



