CHAPTER II 



SCOTLAND 



Scotland is a peculiarly interesting section of Britain 

 to the rod -fisher. It is interesting in some essential 

 points. It has almost a boundless range of angling 

 waters; it is an almost entirely free country to move 

 and rove about in with the rod ; and it has some of the 

 wildest and most sublime scenery of which this, or 

 perhaps any other country can boast. These are some 

 of the leading features of this piscatory land, calculated 

 to solicit the attention of the rod-fishing tourist, and to 

 induce him to take a ramble through such a district 

 for the full and efi'ective indulgence of his favourite 

 sport. The majority of anglers in England know 

 scarcely anything of the feeling of independence and 

 the hilarity of spirit which glow in the bosom of the 

 Scottish angler, who can go over hundreds of miles, 

 and ramble from the banks of one stream to another, 

 without ever dreaming of anyone asking him, " Whither 

 goest thou ? " 



We regret to have to premise at the outset, that the 

 number of sporting waters is so great, that it is impossible, 

 in our limited space, to do anything like individual 

 justice to them in the way of description. We are 

 compelled to offer a mere rough and general sketch of 

 the principal of them, but which will, we hope, have 

 the good effect of inducing the anglers of England to 

 migrate for a season to Scotland, so that they may be 

 in a position to judge of the country and its fishing 

 resources for themselves. We can assure them they 

 will not be disappointed. 



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