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LOCH-FISHING 



Little Loch Beg 



There is something m)'stci'ious in loch-fishing-, in 

 the tastes and habits of the fish which inhabit the 

 innumerable lakes and tarns of Scotland. It is not 

 always easy to account cither for their presence 

 or their absence, for their numbers or scarcity, 

 their eagerness to take or their ' dourness.' For 

 example, there is Loch Borlan, close to the well- 

 known little inn of Alt-na-geal-gach in Sutherland. 

 Unless that piece of ^^'atcr is greatly changed, it is 

 simply full of fish of about a quarter of a pound, 

 which will rise at almost an}- time to almost any 

 lly. There is not much pleasure in catching such 

 tiny and eager trout, but in the season complacent 

 anglers capture and boast of their many dozens. 

 On the other hand, a 3'ear or two ago, a beginner 



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