THE SOANDIIsrAVIAN PENINSULA 



Many anglers are now turning their attention to the streams 

 of Iceland, and some large fishes have been taken from the streams 

 in this home, but a few years ago, of the great auk. 



In the Isle of Mull rivers, as the Forsa, Aros, and lochs Ba, 

 Erisa, Assapol and Mishmish, there is excellent salmon and sea- 

 trout angling. Mr. J. H. CUve, who knows the ground well, 

 advises a single fly, No. 9 Limerick hook. Silver Doctor, 

 Alexandria, or Jungle cock. This for the rivers ; for loch fish- 

 ing. Soldier, Palmer and Zulu. 



If one is hunting for trout fishing in out of the way places, he 

 will not be elbowed at the Lof odon Islands, which afford excellent 

 sport, especially Ostvaago, one of the outer islands. The fishing 

 in the Grundfort Fjord is said to be excellent, both with a minnow 

 and March Brown fly, the fish ranging up to six and nine pounds ; 

 and there are salmon, grilse, sea-trout and ' bull trout ' of eight 

 or nine pounds. The best fishing on the mainland is to be had at 

 the end of July, and on the islands the last of June. On the 

 mainland excellent places are Senjen, Hindo, Lango and Ando, 

 Ofoten and Salten fjords. The best flies for Nordland are said to 

 be the Orange and Partridge, whQe Jock Scott and ' Stevenson' 

 are often used. 



A day's catch is given as follows : two salmon, twenty-five and 

 eleven and one-half pounds ; eighteen buU trout, grilse and sea- 

 trout weighing eighty-eight pounds, the largest trout a nine and 

 one-half pounder; good for Nordland or anywhere else. The 

 sea-trout anghng is especially good at Kirkwall, Orkney, where 

 not long ago Mr. G. T. Arthxir showed a creel of forty-one fish 

 weighing forty-seven pounds, the largest fish weighed about five 

 pounds. 



It is not to be understood that because the Norwegian 

 streams and rivers are controlled by the English that no fishing 

 can be obtained by the public. There are hotels which have 

 fishing for their guests, and there are many beats which can be 

 had from responsible agents in London. The following wfll afford 

 an idea of the expense of salmon fishing in Norway : Thus in the 



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