THE WHITE TROUT. 177 



These remarks apply in a general sense to the Shetland Lsles 

 and to the fishing in the north-west of Ireland. 



There is one drawback to the fishing in the Hebrides, and 

 that is the presence of flies — nothing worse than the common 

 house fly, but in swarms. It is constantly present with the 

 aggravating hum of its myriad wings. It irritates the calmest 

 of men as he sets up his rod and adjusts his tackle. Flies spoil 

 his pet cast and blind him "as he is landing his largest fish. 

 Otherwise they are harmless. There is one loch on South Uist 

 that is called by an unpronounceable Gaelic name, which means 

 (he loch of flies. This loch is full of trout, but the followers of 

 Walton are warned against trying it. 



This drawback, however, is but a small one. Were the harmless 

 fly changed to the more terrible mosquito I doubt whether the true 

 sportsman would be held back from these waters. 



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