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Appendices to Seventh Annual Report 



The best two days made by Mr Naylor's two companions were 36 and 

 46 salmon. 



Mr Nay lor states that he has not a record of the total kill of the three 

 rods during the month of August ; but he gives the following summary 

 of the take during the last 6 consecutive days of August : — 



No. I. Rod, . 143 Salmon, 856 lbs., 31 Sea-Trout, 23 lbs. 

 No. II. Rod, . 106 „ 680 „ 26 „ 19 „ 

 No. III. Rod, . 84 „ 490 „ 14 „ 10 „ 

 Mr Naylor states that the time he took to kill the 54 salmon on the 

 28th August was nine hours, or an average of ten minutes per fish. The 

 average weight (a little under 6 lbs.) was small, but notwithstanding, he 

 was quite tired at the end of the time ; although, as there were two hours 

 more of daylight, he could certainly have killed at least 10 more fish if he 

 had gone on.* 



TROUT FISHING IN LOCH LEVEN. 



Loch Leven in Fife continues to show what great results may be 

 attained by artificial stocking on a large scale, and by careful watch- 

 ing of the spawning beds, as the following Report of the Loch Leven 

 Angling Association for 1888 proves : — 



The gross receipts for the year, including bank interest on the revenue 

 account, amount to £2431, lis. 4d., and after providing for the maximum rent 

 of £1000, and paying all charges and expenses, there remains a clear balance of 

 J390, 18s. lOd. on revenue account. After adding to this £23, 5s. 8d. of inter- 

 est on the capital called up and invested, and the balance of £93, 19s. 9d. 

 carried forward from last account, there is a disposable balance of £508, 4s. 

 3d. The directors recommend the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 25 

 per cent, on the paid up capital, which will amount to £295, 10s., leaving a 

 balance of £212, 14s. 3d. to be carried forward to next account. 



With the special permission of Sir G. Graham Montgomery, Bart., the 

 proprietor, the loch was kept open for anglers for a week beyond the usual 

 period. During the whole of the past season excellent sport has been enjoyed 

 by anglers, and both as regards the number and weight of trout captured, 

 and financially, the season has been the most successful since the formation of 

 the Association. 



The table on the following page shows the number and weight of trout killed 

 in each month during the past six years. 



Vigorous measures for keeping down the pike have been continued, and 308 

 have been killed during the year. 



The hatching operations have again been most successful, and last spring 

 about 280,000 well-grown healthy fry were deposited in North Queich and 

 Gairney. 



THE ESK (MIDLOTHIAN) ANGLING IMPROVE- 

 MENT ASSOCIATION. 



The Esk (Midlothian) Angling Improvement Association have also been 

 doing good work during 1888. They have acquired 3 miles of the 

 Musselburgh Esk, extending from Musselburgh to the Duke of Buccleuch's 

 policy wall near Cowpits and seawards to low-water mark. They hold 

 "regular leases of the salmon fishings from Sir John D. Hope, Bart., of 

 Pinkie, both in the fresh and tidal waters, and from the Earl of Wemyss 



* The Grimersta lochs and river are probably, as regards the number of fish caught 

 by the rod, the most productive in the United Kingdom. From a return kindly 

 furnished to me by Mr Mackay, Chamberlain of the Lews, it appears that 1873 — 

 the best season on the Grimersta between 1871 and 1884, both inclusive — yielded 

 1000 salmon and 1073 sea-trout ; and that 1883, the next best, yielded 855 

 salmon and 1339 sea-trout. The yield of the whole fourteen years amounted to 

 7643 salmon and 13,509 sea-trout; or an annual average of 545 salmon and 964 sea- 

 trout, fairly caught by casting with rod and fly. 



