AS A FISHING GILLIE 351 



This stamp of gillie, to put it mildly, causes much 

 annoyance and displeasure to the angler. 



River, Salmon- Fishing from a Boat. In river 

 salmon-fishing from a boat the gillie's duty is to see that 

 before the anglers come out in the morning the boat is 

 brought up to its proper place, the water baled out, and 

 everything made clean and tidy, so that when the 

 anglers appear no time is lost before starting. There 

 should always be suitable landing-places for the boat 

 whatever the state of the river. Where the boat has 

 to be pulled up on to the riverside, the bushes should 

 be cut every year and the footpaths kept in order. 



The boat should be taken quietly to the side of the 

 stream, sufficiently near for the angler to command it. 

 The quieter the boat is worked the better the sport 

 will be ; a boat always disturbs the water, although 

 many gillies think the contrary. I have many times 

 proved this. After a good angler has fished over the 

 water in a boat, I have often quietly waded in and 

 killed many fish ; so, Mr. Gillie, never go splashing 

 over the water, and on no account cross over a good 

 pool if it can be avoided. The boat should be held as 

 steady as possible. After every cast it should be let 

 down a yard, and no part of a good stream should be 

 missed. 



If the stream is so broad that the angler cannot 

 command it from one side, both sides can be fished ; but 

 if too wide to be fished from both sides the boat should 

 be worked quietly first out and then in. When a rise 



