THE BALGAY, SHIELDAIG, AND TORRIDON i8i 



that it would be worth the while of the Fishery Board to offer a 

 reward for the invention of a method by which the leads of the bag- 

 nets could be removed mechanically. I am strongly of opinion 

 this could easily be thought out and perfected at a small cost, and 

 then made obligatory for the use of all lessees. 



The three streams all open on the nth of February, with the 

 usual close times ; but fish are very seldom seen before the end of 

 April, the chief run taking place in June and July. A fourteen-foot 

 rod will cover them all ; no waders are wanted, and the same flies 

 that will do on the Elchaig and its adjacent streams will prove 

 killers on these. 



