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The Borrowstone water, of two and a half miles on the north 

 bank, has eight good pools, five of which can be fished dryshod. 

 Recent takes are as follows : — 



The Kincardine and the above water can both be comfortably 

 fished from the hotel at Kincardine-O'Neil. The Sluie water 

 extends for about one and a quarter miles on the north bank, and 

 for about one-third of a mile it is on both banks. It has four good 

 pools, one of which, Strathseven, is about a quarter of a mile in 

 length, all of it good holding water. 



In 1910 the take was ; — 



In Februai-y ....... 36 fish. 



In March . . . . . . . . 22 ,, 



In April . . . . . . . 27 ,, 



In May . . . . . . . . 19 ,, 



A total of . . . . . . 104 fish. 



There is an excellent house on the water, or it can be fished 

 from hotels at Banchory. 



The Inchmarlo water at Banchory is but about a mile in extent. 

 It can all be fished dryshod and is almost one continuous pool, and 

 it cannot be fished from the opposite bank. Some remarkable 

 catches have been made on it up to end of April and again in 

 September and October. In 1910 it only gave thirty fish in April 

 and nineteen in May. 



The Invery water on the south bank — a little below Banchory 

 — consists of about two miles of the Dee, in which there are half 

 a dozen nice casts ; also about three-quarters of a mile of both 

 banks of a tributary. The Feugh catches as are follows ; — 



1905. In October . . . . 



1906. No fishing till 15th October 



1907. Too low to fish till 14th October 



1908. No water till 23rd October 



1909. No water till quite end October . 



1910. No water all the season 



23 fish. 



16 ,, 



20 ,, 



6 ,, 



,, 



4 .. 



The Feugh. 



1907. 5 salmon, 10 grilse, 3 sea trout. 



1909. I salmon, 4 grilse, 6 sea trout. 



1910. 2 grilse, 25 sea trout. 



1912. Dee and Feugh: 16 salmon, 15 grilse, 6 sea trout, from ist August 

 to end of October. Again a dry season. 



The spring catch to end of May is from forty to seventy fish. 

 The Park water, close to Drumoak Station, is a splendid stretch 



