MANAGEMENT. 31 



Fish Out of Condition. 



It is requested that all ill-conditioned Trout landed before 

 1 st June be returned to the water. 



Fishermen are earnestly requested to close all gates and 

 abstain from damaging fences, banks, or standing crops in 

 the meadows. 



The details of season, limits, &c, can of 

 course be varied according to the condition of 

 the stock in the river and the views of the 

 lessees, but these rules give briefly the outline 

 of what is requisite. 



In reference to the policy of returning under- Returning 



undersized 



sized trout and grayling to the water, a theory fish, 

 has been promulgated of late years that the 

 increasing shyness of the fish is due in a great 

 measure to the almost universal adoption of this 

 rule. That the effect of continually landing and 

 returning the young trout will tend to lessen the 

 freedom with which they rise to the fly is, to a 

 certain extent, a sound argument. At the same 

 time, it is an eminently dangerous theory to put 

 into practice, and a few moments' consideration 

 of the probable results would, I think, convince 

 all true anglers of the necessity of adhering to 

 this regulation. Of course for the pot-hunters 

 and those whose object is to establish records 

 of the number killed, it would be a great boon 

 to be allowed to kill and keep every 40Z. trout 

 that they could delude. It must also be taken 



