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the best anglings. Between 1902 and 1909 there is absolute silence 

 on the part of the Fishery Board Reports as to net or rod catch. 



The Grandholm water is the best stretch for rod fishing, but as 

 it is netted in the spring it is only the autumn fishing that counts — 

 the months of September and October. Here are the takes made of 

 recent years : — 



1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 



Salmon . . . .170 80 5o 156 140 



The Grandholm water is the nearest good angling to the sea. 

 Just above it the Fintry House and Parkhill waters often give good 

 autumn sport. Then higher up, Pitmedden, Keith Hall, Caskieben, 

 Manar, Kemnay, Monymusk, and right up to Castle Newe each give 

 some autumn fish according to the rainfall, but most of them a 

 bit, and sometimes " more than a bit," off colour. 



