224 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



road, and from it at certain states of the tide large numbers of 

 salmonidcB may be seen waiting for a spate to take them up. Below 

 this is a tidal pool, out of which, when it is dead low, a few grUse 

 and sea trout may be sometimes got. Between the fall and the 

 loch fish seldom lie, the water being somewhat shallow, while, as 

 the Mallaig road runs close to the bank, the traffic is always a dis- 

 turbing element. 



Although numbers of fish pass into Loch Morar, neither salmon 

 nor sea trout rise freely, and what few are caught are generally got 

 quite at the upper end. North Morar Lodge stands on the shores, 

 with Meoble Lodge opposite, belonging to which is a very fine piece 

 of deer ground, celebrated for its hea^'y stags and fine horns, the 

 property of Mrs. Cameron Lucy. 



The Mallaig railway will offer easy access to this hitherto some- 

 what unget-at-able country. The Morar opens on the nth of 

 February, but the best months are June and July. Fish average 

 about ID lb., but are often taken up to 20 lb. A fourteen-foot 

 rod will do the work. Wading stockings are desirable, and the best 

 flies are small Doctors, Butchers, Jock Scot, etc., and for sea trout 

 those of the Alexandra type are best. As a specimen of the sport 

 to be had, annexed is the bag made by the late Mr. Rowland Ward 

 and friends from ist July to loth August 1899 : Salmon, twenty- 

 three, averaging 10 lb. ; five grilse of 6 lb. ; 283 sea trout ; 382 

 brown trout, which leaves the good average of f lb. for the 665 sea 

 and brown trout. 



