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Appendices to Ninth Annual Report 
Answers to 
the Printed 
Hotel. 
Douglas From Luss I drove 3 miles along the shores of Loch Lomond to 
"Water. Inverbeg Inn, near the mouth of the Douglas Water — a stream consider- 
ably larger than tlie Luss — which flows for several miles through a 
picturesque wooded valley called Glen Douglas. I walked up this glen 
for some miles, first to the falls, and then along the stream for some dis- 
tance above the falls. These tails form a complete barrier to the upward 
progress of ascending fish. There is excellent spawning ground above 
them. First, there is a broken fall of about 10 feet, then a long, narrow, 
foaming, whirling rapid for 30 yards, in which the whole volume of the 
river is contracted and pent up. No fish could face this ; and, as the 
banks on both sides consist of perpendicular rocks, there is no way of 
getting round the fall. Below the falls there is a grand, deep, dark, 
circular pool ; then a long and comparatively narrow pool ; and, lastly, a 
third deep, dark, circular pool. 1 could not ascertain whether or not 
salmon had ever been caught or seen in any of these pools, but sea trout 
have been frequently captured. 
It would be a troublesome and costly experiment to make the falls on 
the Douglas passable for salmon, and the additional spawning ground 
thereby opened up would be a very inadequate return for the expense 
incuired. 
Luss is perhaps the best fishing station on Loch Lomond, and during 
the summer and autunm months it is generally thronged with anglers. 
MacNab of ^^^^ wonderful beauty of its surroundings in lake and streams and 
the Luss mountains, together with its accessibility from Glasgow, would make it 
popular and sought after even if there was no angling to be had. I have 
been favoured with answers to the printed queries from Mr M'Nab, the 
landlord of the Luss Hotel. He states that the numbers of salmon 
and sea trout have increased, oicing to the nets being kept off the River 
Ij€ven. But he thinks that they have to some extent driven off the 
yellow trout. 
The heaviest salmon caught in 1890 was 19| lbs., the heaviest sea 
trout 7 1 lbs., and the heaviest yellow trout 4 lbs. He is unable to give 
the number and weight of the fish caught by the rod from his hotel in 
1890. The first clean salmon was caught in May and the first clean sea 
trout in IVIarch. The grilse come up about the middle of July at the 
earliest, and the main take is in July and August. The best months for 
yellow trout fishing are April, May, and June. The average weight of 
the trout is much about the same as it has been for some time past. 
Last year Mr M'Nab hatched out 8000 or 10,000 salmon ova. But 
this year, as he understands that the Leven is to be let for net-fishing, 
he has no interest to do so. 
With regard to a close time and gauge for trout, he writes : — 
An annual close time is not specially called for here, as there are no anglers 
out after the beginning of October, and few fish are brought out under at least 
6 inches. 
As to watching, he considers that the waters are, on the whole, 
effectually protected. 
The Endrick is the largest stream that flows into Loch Lomond. Its 
course is chiefly in Stirlingshire, but partly also in Dumbartonshire. It 
is formed, about 4 miles from the village of Kippen, by the confluence of 
Gourlays Burn and Burnfoot Burn, which rise in the Gargunnock Hills, 
more than 1400 feet above the level of the sea. The Endrick has a very 
winding course — 29 miles from the confluence of these burns to where it 
falls into the foot of Loch Lomond; yet the distance is only 15J miles 
as the crow flies. Its chief tributary is the Blane. 
luspection of 
lUver Endrick 
and Falls at 
Gartness. 
