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SO sluggish that it will not sweep the lure round at the full length of 

 a taut line. 



In 1902 a fish of 6of lb. was caught by net. 



In 1903 one of 51 lb. got by rod. 



The arrangement for keeping off all nets above the Linn of 

 Campsie was renewed for a further five years. 



In 1904, rod caught 45!- lb. 



In 1905, rod caught one of 51 lb. below Perth. At one haul the 

 net took two fish of 57 J lb. and 57 lb. 



In 1906, the Tay Salmon Fishing Co. agreed to stop netting 

 between the Linn of Campsie and Perth Bridge after the 31st of 

 ]May each season, and to give a sixty-hour weekly close time up to 

 31st of May. 



In 1907, the rod got a fish of 48 lb., the nets one of 57^ lb. It was 

 agreed to open up the Falls of Tummel and those on the Garry and 

 the Tilt. 



In 1908, the nets took a fish of 62i lb., and in 1909 one of 56^ lb. 

 Here are takes of some of the fishings of the river and its tributaries, 

 which are fairly typical of the others. 



On the Lyon at Innerwick, a little below Balgy Bridge in 1906, 

 II salmon ; 1907,4; 1908,8; and 8 also in 1909. 



At Chesthill, below Innerwick, the catch averages from fifteen 

 to twenty fish. 



On the Dalguise and Dunkeld water the catch for 1909 was as 

 follows from the 15th of January to end of May : — 



Average weight for 91 fish, i6-|^lb. 



On Dalpowie water 200 fish have been caught in a season, but 

 owing to unsuitable weather of late years the average has fallen to 

 about seventy fish a season. This is from ist of August to 15th of 

 October. 



In the autumn of 1912, Mr. P. M. Coats caught a fish of 42 lb. 



