SALT-WATER LOCHS. 



When a small seithe is hooked, pull it in at once, and out 

 with the rod again as fast as possible : sometimes nearly 

 all the rods have a fish at the same time. In lythe fishing 

 you need not launch your boat till low water ; sink the fly 

 with a couple of buck-shot, and troll on the brow, where 

 it descends perpendicularly ; this is easily seen at that state 

 of the tide. When you hook a large fish, try to prevent it 

 getting down, or you may be obliged to throw the rod 

 overboard, in case the lythe should break away; but, if 

 you can manage to swing it about at the top for a short 

 time, it will soon be unable to offer any resistance. 



Trolling with the white feather has this recommendation, 

 that it may be enjoyed by an invalid or party of ladies 

 and, certainly, a more delightful way of spending the cool 

 of a summer evening cannot be imagined : rowing slowly 

 along those romantic shores hearing the distant gurgle of 

 the dwindled mountain-brook in its steep descent, and ever 

 and anon passing the blue curling smoke of a shepherd's 

 or fisherman's grass-topped hut upon the banks. 



I have now, I think, given all the necessary instructions 

 in fresh-water and sea-loch fishing ; and feel confident that, 

 by following them, the admirer of " flood and fell," even if 

 a beginner in angling, may return from his fishing tour, 

 having as often filled his creel from their depths as gratified 

 his taste with their scenery. 



