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Grassy Point, Providence Pool, Between the Trees, Parapet, Gullet, 

 the Big Rock, and the Upper Stage. Grassy Point, at the tail of 

 the pool on the north bank, is nearly always certain for a fish in 

 high water. At Providence Pool and Between the Trees fish don't 

 lie much before the end of July. From the Parapet, standing twelve 

 feet above the water, on a clear day, one sees a fish looming up from 

 the deep, approaching the fly with more or less dash, too often 

 for an inspection only. When there is little current it is trying 

 to keep the fly in motion at such a moment. Should you hook the 

 fish, you may see his play and movements down into ten feet deep 

 of water. The Gullet, good in medium and fairly high water, fishes 

 best up to ten o'clock in the morning and after four in the afternoon. 

 On one morning last year I had four fish — 22 lb., 16 lb., 14 lb., and 

 6 lb. — from the Gullet and Parapet before ten o'clock. During the 

 middle of the day fish fall back to the deep part of the pool, and in 

 very big water they do not remain at the Gullet, but hang off the 

 Big Rock on the south bank. On this bank also is the Upper 

 Stage, which commands the tail of the pool opposite Grassy Point, 

 and there is another stage lower down which is a good cast for big 

 sea trout. 



In the days when the river was netted, as many as a hundred 

 fish have been taken from the Bridge Pool at one haul. 



Mr, Rudd's shooting lodge occupies a fine site on the cliff above 

 the Bridge Pool. 



Passing under the Old Bridge, fish rest in deep water close 

 to the steep rocks on either side, more particularly in the late 

 months of the season, and then comes 



The Boat Pool, 



in which fish lie at all heights of the river, in low water keeping 

 to the deep part of the pool, and in medium and high moving 

 up to the bank at the head of it. 



Commencing at two hundred yards above the Boat Pool, there 

 is a stretch about a quarter of a mile long, which is good only when 

 the river is very high — level with the banks is just right for it. At 

 such a time there are several good bits in it, the best being at below 

 and above the New Bridge, opposite the Piper's Cottage, the Rock, 

 and up to Corbett's Cottage. 



Beyond this, for a quarter of a mile to where the river commences 

 and Loch Shiel ends, is never fished for salmon. 



The Boat Pool and stretch of river above it, last described, 

 is fished from a coble, and the proprietors have an arrangement 

 to fish this part on alternate half-days, the Dorlin rod fishing 

 it in the morning, and the Ardnamurchan in the afternoon. The 

 next day Ardnamurchan has it in the morning and Dorlin in the 

 afternoon. The same arrangement exists for fishing the Gullet 

 and Sea Pool, the casts on which can be commanded from either 

 bank. 



