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from the mouth of the river or by lengthening the weeldy close 

 time. 



This is also one of the latest of the East Coast rivers, for the 

 first clean fish are not got until about the loth of March, while the 

 main run is in August, with tire sea trout coming near the end of that 

 month and early in September. 



The Ugie opens for nets and rods on the 24th of February ; 

 closes for the former on the loth of September, and for the latter 

 on the 31st of October. It has been proposed that the rod season 

 should be extended for a further fifteen days, a proceeding which 

 would most likely cause the netters to ask for a further week's 

 netting ; and it would be better if the proprietors would combine 

 to ensure to the river a fair and proportionate supply of seasonable 

 fresh-run fish rather than seek to keep the rod fishing open later, 

 for though fish caught in the late autumn yield a certam amount of 

 sport, they are really useless as food, for they are nearly ready to 

 spawn, and cannot in any way be compared with fish caught before 

 the middle of September. 



In 1904, rods caught 6 salmon, 7 grilse, 2000 sea trout and 

 finnock. 



In 1905, rods caught 27 salmon, 5 grilse, 1500 sea trout and 

 finnock. 



In 1906, rods caught 34 salmon and grilse, iioo sea trout and 

 finnock. 



In 1907, rods caught 21 salmon and grilse, 1000 sea trout and 

 finnock. 



In 1908, rods caught 8 salmon and grilse, 500 sea trout and 

 finnock. 



In 1909, rods caught 40 salmon and grilse, 150 sea trout and 

 1300 finnock. 



No doubt in the takes mentioned there are eight or ten finnocks 

 to every sea trout. April is the best month. 



