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THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



of about three and a half miles on the north bank, in which there 

 is ample fishing for three rods on its fourteen pools, of which three 

 only require wading. In 1906 I fished here with Mr. H. F. de 

 Paravicini, who took no fish up to 21st May, the score being made 

 as under ; — 



February, 42 fish to 3 rods. March, 47 fish to 3 rods. 



April 5 to 30th, 8 fish.'- May, to 21st, 13 fish.^ 



' Chiefly one rod, and often away for a few days. 



Of these no fish, 57 were caught by fly and 43 by bait, principally 

 gudgeon. After that the takes for the spring were as under : — 



1907 

 1908 

 1909 



Feb. ilarch. April. May. 

 17 



17 

 16 



39 



14 

 21 



32 



19 

 33 



June. 



5 =105 



o =79 



6 =113 



The autumn catches are given below, but from 1908 to 1911 

 all Deeside fished poorly owdng to the want of autumn rain. 



Fish 



1906. 1907. 190S. 1909. lylo. I9II. 1912 

 51 III 36 30 33 7 85 



In 1912 the eighty-five fish made the fine average of 17!^ lb. 



Tilbouries water extends to about one and a half miles of the 

 south bank. Four or five good pools, two of which can be boated 

 in moderately low water by those who do not wish to wade, and 

 fished from the bank in high water. From nth February to 

 30th April it shows an average of seventy-one fish for 1909, 1910, 

 and 1911. The Middle Drum water catches are as follows, and 

 for them I am indebted to Colonel Parry, D.S.O., who has fished it 

 since 1895 : — 



The spring takes were made with fly and bait, the autunm ones 

 with fly only. The improvement in the spring catches after 1899 

 is remarkable, and has been universal on all the lower reaches of 

 the Dee. My own theory is that this improvement is accounted 



