142 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



happened and what is to be done 

 next. 



Often in accounts of angling we hear 

 or read of the rod being "bent into a 

 semi-circle." A struggle so severe as is 

 thus indicated is not usual on an ordinary 

 water ; but it is the rule on Lochleven. 

 The agile vigour of the fish is equalled 

 only by that of the seatrout or the grilse. 

 In common with those fish, the Loch- 

 leven trout has more brilliance than stay- 

 ing power in his fight. If you are cool 

 enough to keep him in hand for two or 

 three minutes, the victory is likely to 

 be yours. He yields sooner than a 

 brown trout would, or a rainbow of the 

 same weight. Thus, notwithstanding the 

 ferocity with which he tears the line from 

 the reel, one has no reason to be more 

 than usually apprehensive. 



On a good day Lochleven will easily 

 yield you twenty trout, weighing as many 

 pounds, and there is always the possibility 

 of a fish four or five times the average 

 weight. Many an angler will own to 



