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rising to the fly, but never saw one so captured. 

 There seems no reason why a gaudy fly should 

 not attract him. After he is hooked the fun 

 begins. Aferox of 10 to 12 Ib. will give you 

 amusement and excitement for an indefinite 

 time ; and you are never sure of him till he is 

 in the boat. A friend of ours (a capital angler 

 to boot) fishing with us on Loch Assynt in 

 Sutherlandshire in 1877, hooked a fine speci- 

 men ; and after battling with him for an hour, 

 had the mortification of seeing fish, angel-min- 

 now, and trace, disappear ! A good boatman is a 

 wonderful help in such a case ; indeed without 

 his help your chances are small. To be sure 

 it is slow work trolling for feroces, and a whole 

 day yea, days may be spent without getting 

 a run. The angler must always be the best 

 judge as to whether the chance is worth his 

 while. Loch Awe, Loch Ericht, Loch Eannoch, 

 and Loch Assynt, are good lochs for trying 

 one's luck in this kind of fishing. 



Then to come from the nobler to an inferior 

 species, we get to PIKE fishing. Angling for 

 this fish seems to be in great repute among 

 our southern brethren, if we may judge by 

 the literature on the subject ; but somehow or 



