14 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



small for the time of the year. On lakes, 

 as a rule, our list of lures to be chosen 

 from is curtailed by the exclusion of the 

 natural baits. Gudgeon, dace, and other 

 fish of that class would be constantly 

 snapped at by trout, which are not yet in 

 season. To an angler who with natural 

 bait seeks salmon early in the year, 

 brown-trout are as much a nuisance as 

 salmon-parr will be when he casts for 

 brown-trout in April or in May. They 

 seize and destroy tit-bits meant for their 

 betters. Thus we are obliged to choose 

 one of the mechanisms. Which is it 

 to be? 



One faces the question humbly. 



There is, for example, a very cogent- 

 looking proposition which was submitted 

 on the night of the opening on Loch 

 Tay by Mr. Peter Currie, the cheery 

 master of the hotel at Kenmore. A 

 sportsman in the neighbourhood, said Mr. 

 Currie, kept a convincing record. When- 

 ever he caught a salmon he carved on his 

 walking-stick an image of the successful 



