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facts relative to the sea- trout and salmon, which it is 

 difficult to account for. One is, that the former will 

 take greedily in one loch, while you may troll a whole 

 day in its next neighbour, though full of them, without 

 getting a single bite. This was precisely the case in the 

 two lochs alluded to. The other, that, although you may 

 see the huge tails and back-fins of salmon rising all 

 round, I never heard of one taking the bait ; and during 

 the whole of my trolling in the salt water, I have only 

 killed one grilse. This is the more strange, as the salmon 

 is not at all shy of the spinning-bait in the fresh-water loch. 

 The best time to begin fishing for sea-trout is at the 

 turn of the tide, when it begins to ebb : the same rod and 

 tackle as when trolling from a boat in fresh water. The 

 herring-fry, salted, are the most killing bait, (also excellent 

 for large fish in fresh-water lochs,) although minnows are 

 very good : a sand-eel may also do, the black skin pulled 

 over the head, so as to show nothing but the white body ; 

 this shines very bright, but, as it does not spin, is far less 

 deadly than the others. A boatman who thoroughly 



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