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this section requiring wading trousers are the Junction and the two 

 Scorabies. 



Altogether there are seven good pools on this section, and some 

 eight or ten odd corners, and as both banks are included in the beat, 

 there is fair room for two rods in it who are friends, and not jealous 

 of each other. 



The lower beat commences at the top of the Long Pool, which 

 in medium water is good at the head, while in high water the fish 

 lie in the tail. It fishes from either bank, one side being as good as the 

 other, but waders are required. Then comes the Round Pool, a 

 small pot just above a moderate fall, which also has to be waded. 

 Following this is the Rock Pool, fished from the bank on both sides, 

 and good in all water, and perhaps the best on the river. Following 

 this is the Narrows, a long stretch of easy wading from the right 

 bank, and every yard of it good. From this pool in March 1896, 

 Mrs. Hunt took six fish one day. At the tail of this the Stone Pool 

 commences, which must be waded from the right bank, but can be 

 fished off the grass from the left one ; also a very good pool. A little 

 below comes Langwell Pool, close to the lodge, and my special 

 favourite, for it is a most fascinating one to fish ; it is deep wading 

 on the right bank, but is fished from the left off a high, steep cliff, 

 from which the angler can enjoy the fun of seeing a fish " come." 

 At the end of this pool is the wire suspension bridge connecting Lang- 

 well Lodge with the outside world, and the high road to Lairg and 

 Loch Inver. Any angler who has this lower beat to himself need 

 not bother with going farther down the river, for in March and April 

 the bulk of the fish lie between the top of the Rock Pool and the end 

 of Langwell Pool. Thus, having fished one side of this water, it is 

 best to cross and fish up the other one, and then, if there is sport, 

 and some of the pools be tried with a couple of flies, it will take nine 

 hours' hard flogging to get over it. 



Some half-mile below Langwell Bridge comes the Whirlpool, which 

 fishes best by deep wading from the right bank, but does not yield 

 many fish. This is followed by the Brae Pool, running under high 

 and nearly precipitous rocks. On the right bank there is only just 

 room to get along, and the Spey cast is necessary to fish it properly. 

 In high water the tail of this is a nearly sure cast ; but in low water, 

 though the top of the pool looks splendid, and fish can be seen 

 splashing, it is not often that it gives one. Below this, on the left 

 bank only, there is a long reach of castiHg from a grass meadow, which 

 at odd times, in high water, yields a fish. This is followed by " The 

 Cemetery," the tail of which in high water is a fairly sure catch, only 

 to be reached from the right bank by very deep wading. Between 

 this and " The Blue Pool " there is about a mile of useless water, 

 and even when " The Blue " is reached it is not of much account. 



Then comes " The Turn Pool " (also of no reputation), followed 

 by Inveroykel Pool, a good one in big water, and out of which many 

 more fish would be taken were it not for the long tramp between it 

 and " The Cemetery," for this pool is a tidal one, and it may happen 



