Ii6 THE TROUT 



landed it for him. It was a male fish weighing 27^ 

 Ibs. Mr. Anderson's father with whom as well as 

 with John Miller I was well acquainted was present 

 on the occasion, and took an outline of it on paper. 

 Its length was 39^- inches, and a rough sketch of it 

 is now in Mr. Anderson's possession. 



A trout of 27 Ibs. was killed by Mr. H. Almond in 

 the lower part of the Inver, in October 1869. It took 

 a small ' Childers ' fly, and was 41 inches in length. 



Mr. Anderson informs me that he is cognisant 

 of the following big trout having being killed on 

 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire : one of 18^ Ibs., caught 

 by Mr. J. Watson Lyall, trolling with the natural 

 minnow; another of 175 Ibs., killed by the late 

 Mr. David Cox, of Lochie. This was taken on a 

 small lake fly, with a 1 2-foot rod and a short line. In 

 consequence, a prolonged struggle took place, and 

 the fish was only ultimately secured by very careful 

 handling of the boat. Mr. James Elliott caught one 

 of 17 Ibs. This fish took a small phantom minnow 

 which was trailing behind the boat, while the men 

 were pulling hurriedly into a bay to escape the violence 

 of a storm which had suddenly sprung up. It was 

 during the first week of September that this occurred. 



A very fine trout was taken in Loch Rannoch in 

 the summer of 1897, Mr. J. H. Fergusson of Surbiton 

 being the fortunate captor. The fish weighed 13 Ibs. 



