110 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



Not far from Loch Derculich is Loch- 

 na- Craig, three miles from Aberfeldy on 

 the road to Crieff. It is bounded by a 

 long and lofty crag on the west and by 

 the highway on the east. It is 1100 feet 

 above the level of the sea. Casually 

 passing by, you would not think it a 

 water from which any considerable basket 

 of trout could be taken. " There must 

 have been trout there long ago," you 

 would feel ; " but many people are on the 

 road every day, and wayfaring anglers 

 will have left only a few fish, if any." 

 It must be in consequence of some such 

 process of reasoning that Loch-na- Craig 

 is unknown to anglers generally. The 

 water deserves to be rescued from the 

 obscurity in which its topographical pro- 

 minence has placed it. Loch-na-Craig 

 is in some respects the most interesting 

 water I have cast flies on since first I 

 became acquainted with the two ponds 

 into which the Wey gathers itself at 

 Haslemere. What wonderful ponds these 

 are ! At the side of a much-frequented 



