238 ANGLING 



in this county, in the neighbourhood of which there is a 

 great extent of fine fishing waters. Going direct to this 

 town saves a deal of time and trouble, and places the 

 angler besides in the midst of first-rate sport. This 

 district is called the Western Highlands. Near Oban is 

 the Euchar and the Oude, both springing out of separate 

 lochs. There are ten or a dozen sheets of water within 

 a few miles of Oban, in all of which there is good fishing 

 for trout, and as much bottom-fishing as any man can 

 desire. There is a lake called Donolly Beg Loch, in 

 which anglers often capture a peculiar kind of trout — 

 thick, short, very red in the flesh, and generally weigh- 

 ing about half a pound. These are occasionally caught 

 in great quantities. Loch Nell is about seven miles in 

 circumference, and is connected with an arm of the sea 

 by means of a small river called the Clugh. Salmon are 

 often caught with the rod, of considerable weight. In 

 most of the lochs we have named in this district, the 

 yellow trout, weighing from four to six poimds, are often 

 captured. In what are called the Black Lakes, about 

 three miles from Oban, large quantities of sea-trout are 

 often taken with the fly. 



There is a large portion of Argyleshire lying to the 

 north-west of Loch Linnhe and Loch Gil, which goes 

 under the names of Morvbn, Sunaet, Ardnamubcecan, 

 Ardgoue, Knapdale, and Cowal, in which there is 

 a very extended range of fishing waters, full of the 

 finest trout, and having also a considerable portion of 

 salmon and salmon-trout. This section of the Highlands 

 would employ a rod-fisher for two or three weeks, were 

 he to pay a visit to all the leading sheets of water 

 comprehended within its range. All kinds of light and 

 showy flies are used in this district. 



On the north of Loch Crenan lies the district of 

 Appin, where the angler will find the streams called 

 the Coinich, the Col, the Duror, the Laroch, and the 

 Leven. These have all a considerable quantity of small 

 trout, with a few salmon and salmon-trout. The fishing 

 of them, when the waters are in full trim, afi'ords good 

 sport. 



