CONTENTS. 



LOCH-FISHING 



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Best times to fish different lochs. Flies. Pike an advantage in many 

 lochs. A ravenous luce. Fly-fishing. Sea-trout. Weeds. The 

 minnow-tackle. Boat-trolling. Trolling for pike. The gorge. 

 Set lines for pike. The long line for pike. Eels. Perch, . 167 



FISHING ON SALT-WATER LOCHS 



Trolling for sea-trout. The long line. The hand line. The white 



feather, 183 



THE MOOR BURN 



When in ordinary trim. When small. Lynns. Eddies. When the 

 burn flows over level ground. The Balnaguard burn. A succes- 

 sion of cataracts. Overgrown burn-trout. To fish for them up 

 stream, and when the burn is low. Rapid growth of burn-trout. 

 Tame burn-trout. Sea-trout in autumn. Spates. Caprice of 

 white trout as to flies. A greedy angler. Difficulty of stirring 

 white trout when burns are low and clear, . . .192 



RIVER- ANGLING 



Choice of flies. The Water of Leith at Colt Bridge. Still deeps. The 

 circle. Dragging the cast. Small black summer-fly. The 

 Almond. The May-fly. The Ale. A hint to the young angler. 



Unruffled deeps. A curl on the water. Obstacles in the way. 



Queer coincidences. Insensibility of fish. Small minnow a 

 killing bait about dusk. Places where trout harbour. Wind, 203 



WILD-FOWL SHOOTING ON THE HIGHLAND LOCHS 



The squire and the clod.- -No flaring velveteens or black Newfound- 

 lands allowable. An awkward advance. A wildfowl shooter 

 must be hardy. His dress. His gun and shot. Wild geese. 

 Suitable retriever. Gruff. How to approach fowl. When about 

 to fire. To leeward of ducks and widgeon, if possible. Their 

 noses, however, " not worth a straw." Springy drains. A shot 

 at ducks in March. Morillons. The Golden-eye. When several 

 are diving together. When the flock is large. When the water 

 is shallow. Dun-birds. How to manoeuvre them. Tufted and 

 scaup ducks. Goosander, red-throated diver, &c. Wild swans. 

 Widgeon and teal. Shovellers. A large loch. The harvest 

 moon. The winter-storm. Open weather. Misty frost. Sitting 

 shots the only proof of skill. An instance, . . . 21 1 



