76 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



We will now take a stroll up the river above the Big Falls, and 

 first comes — 



No. I. " The Boat Pool," which occasionally gives a fish in low 

 water. 



No. 2. " The Rock Pool." Also a low vvater one. 



No. 3. " The Long Pool." The best high water catch on this 

 beat. 



No. 4. " Grief Pool." Fishes best in low water, and has a 

 sharp ledge of rocks near the tail, amongst which the angler often 

 gets cut, and hence the name. 



No. 5. " The Ladies' Pool." Not a great favourite, but gives 

 an occasional fish in high water. 



No. 6. " High Rock Pool." A heavy water catch. 



No. 7. " Lady Herbert's." A first-rate catch, and fishes best 

 from the left bank. 



No. 8. "The Meadow Pool." A good catch in a June flood, 

 but difficult to follow a fish if it makes down stream. 



No. 9. " The Grudie Pool." Pretty good in lowish water. 

 This is the top pool of i\Ir. Carnegie's water. From here up to the 

 loch belongs to the Duke of Sutherland, and this stretch of two miles 

 is let for June and July to the Lairg Hotel, and from the middle of 

 June on, if there be rain, good sport may be got. Everything 

 depends on the weather, and with that right, the angler should 

 average a fish a day for July. It is very easily fished, and a sixteen- 

 foot rod will cover it aU. In August and September, Mr. Vernon 

 Watney has the angling for four days of the week with the Tressady 

 shootings, while the remaining two go with the Lairg shootings, 

 held by Colonel Stanley Arnold, who also has the whole beat in 

 October. In early September, Mr, Watney has had as many as six 

 fish, averaging 16 lb. in the day, and he also strongly advocates the 

 closing of the river at the end of September. The following are the 

 pools on this beat : — 



No. 10. " The Stream " contains three good casts, and as many 

 as five fish in a day have been had here. 



" Hector's Pool," a long duU one. 

 " The Lady's Pool " is fairly good. 

 " The Mill Pool," not of much use. 

 " Lord EUesmere's Pool." 

 " The Tree Pool," good in medium water. 

 " The Bridge Pool," the highest cast on the river, and 

 close to Loch Shin ; used to be very good in high water, but owing 

 to some trees on the bank ha\'ing been cut down it is now nearly 

 useless. A few yards above this is Loch Shin, in which a few salmon 

 are got each year. 



