Anenstus, and Inverness-shire and Fergus Hotel, haw 
the' privilege of angling on it for salmon. Mr. W. r. 
Dunlop, staying at Chisholm’s Hotel, landed a heanty 
last week and lost several others. Mr. Daws, of 
Lovat Arms Hotel, landed a few nice hsh lately. Ihe 
loch is in good trim for angling, ®eenimgly there is 
a scarcity of fish. Can it be that the bulk of fash hpe 
yet to run through itP It looks rather like it, ana it so 
good sport may yet be got.—H iton. -kt u n n,. 
Naver (Bettyhill, via Thurso, N.B.). 0 
Friday week, General Hills, fishing from the Hotel, 
landed three salmon of 91b., 71b. and 6^. on beat No 0. 
On Monday, Mr. Maccance caught a lO-pounder on heat 
No 5 • and Mr. Delasalle two, weighing 121b. and 101b., 
on No. 4. On Tuesday, Mr. Pyne and Mr Macca^e, 
Bettyhill Hotel, killed each a salmon of 81b. ; and Mr. 
Tomlinson a 9-pounder on beat No. 3 (Syre Lodge water). 
On Wednesday, Mr. Maccance, on beat No. 1, two 
salmon, 71b. and 81b.: Mr. Simpson, on beat No. one 
salmon, 71b. ; Mr. Delasalle, on No. 6, two salmon 91h. 
and 101b.; and Mr. Tomlinson, Syre Lodge, one salmon 
of 111b on No. 4. On Thursday, Mr. Maccance, one 
salmon, 81b., on beat No. 2 : Mr Simpson, a 9-pounder 
on No. 3; and Mr. Pyne, one of 81b., on No. 4. On 
Friday,Mr. Maccance, on beat No. 3, landed two salmon 
weighing 101b. and 81b.; Mr. Pyne one salmon, 101b., on 
No. 5 : and Mr. Eichardson, Syre Lodge, a 9-pounder on 
No 1. Almost the whole week it blew a strong westerly 
gale, rendering casting very difficult. The Borgie in 
this neighbourhood yields an occasional salmon, though 
not often fished.—McB. . t > Tfao 
Oich (Fort Augustus).— (impt. Ino s water).—ihe 
angling on this little river is at a discount 
Very few fish were grassed. Mr. Moore is on it ]ust 
now, and if there are any to he got he will have them 
There seems to be a scarcity of fish from the river Ness 
to the river Garry. I expect the bulk of fish have yet 
Oykel (Oykel Bridge) (via Lairg, N.B.).— 
Throughout the past week it blew such a terrific gale 
that it was hardly possible to keep a line on the water, 
nevertheless several salmon were caught on the l^ng- 
well water. On Monday an 8-pounder was landed on Kock 
Pool ; on Wednesday, two salmon, weighing 81b. each, 
were grassed on Brae Pool; and on Friday a ' -pounder 
on Inveroykel Pool, and one of 121b. on Lang well Pool 
In the course of the week, an Oykel angler landed a 
121b. salmon on Langwell Pool. At beginning of this 
week weather still very boisterous.—McB. 
South, of Scotland.— All the waters are pretty 
clear this week, and salmon fishing has been Poot on every 
one of our local rivers.— Annan : By a slip of the pen I 
noticed that in my notes of last week I credited Mr. 
Dirom’s fisherman with landing a 8°°^, 
the 3rd. It was Mr. Dirom who killed *1?® 
On Friday Mr. Andrew Bell killed a nice little Ash of 841b. 
In the lower open water Mr. William Wallace,^ Wigton, 
killed three trout, one of lUb. and tvm of 2Jb. each. 
Another angler had one trout of Hb. On Moiffiay Mr. 
Peter, London, caught three trout in 
water, of 41b. each. From the reports in the bh=ber 
water, Mr. T. Bell killed a spring bfh of 81b- m bb® 
Hightae water, Mr. W. Lockerbie one of l^fb. in tbe Jar- 
dine Hall water, and Mr. Geo Jardine one ® 
reported as having been landed on the Moffat dis 
trict waters. Mr. Hullett killed one of 101b 
The Nith —Poor sport is being obtained in this 
river In the middle waters a large nimber of 
fish are to be seen, but they appear to be spent 
fish on their way back to the Solway. A tew 
trout are being killed on the different 
Galloway Eivers ; Sport is very poor, almost nothing 
Ls been done in the Dee, the Fleet, 
the season opened. Spring fish are reported as beingin 
the rivers. Disease is spreading among salmon. 
Heathebbell. . , , 
Tav (Perth.).— Although the river has been in good 
ply during the week few fish have been got. ihe 
weather has been very good of late, but last night snow 
fell to the depth of about two inches, and to-day ^ery- 
thing bears a very wintry aspect. .^'^bhe Birnam Hotel 
Water General Owen Williams kihed a fash of l()lb. on 
Thursday, and on Tuesday he killed one, lOJlb. Mr. 
Still killed three fish on the 5 ^®bhaugh water on Satur¬ 
day and Mr. Simpson killed one of 101b. on Stanley 
water. On Mickleour water Mr. Sherwood s boatmen 
killed a fish of 241b. on Monday ; and Mr. \\ ilson killed 
one, Bnrnmouth, 201b, Mr. Eckersley had a small fish 
on the Stobhall water on Tuesday. On the free watei 
Mr. Harris killed twenty whitling <ia«“8r.bhi8 week. 
Tweed —The following takes of salmon have lately 
been reported : On the Hendersyde water ^eb 20 
Mr. Thomas Pringle, Westwood Cottage, Kelso, two 
fish, GJlb. and 71b. -, Mr. James 
the same water, one salmon, 81b. ; oji. bhe -1st, bhe 
same water. Major Hunter, Antonshill, killed a very 
grand fish of 151b. ; and Mr. J. Kerss was fortunate m 
killing two salmon; on the 24th, Mr. J. Kerss one 
fish : on the 25th, Sir Eichard J. Waldie Griffith, Bait., 
of Hendersyde Park, killed three fish ; a-n'b a similai 
number fell to the rod of Mr. J. Kerss; while on the 
27th, Capt. Scott-Kerr, Tunlaws, killed a nice fash of 
- 91b. On the Teviot, in the Nisbet water a tew good fash 
have also been killed. Mr. David Hope Jedburgh 
caught a very fine fish, which weighed Ibilb.; the fash 
was taken with fly, and afforded half a-lj t®” ® ®^f 
run. A smaller fish was also got by Mr EobeH Beid 
with minnow. I am also led to understand that some 
six or eight fish have been killed on the Carham water. 
On Thursday, the gauge at Kelso Bridge showed a four 
,feet flood ; Friday marked two and a half, but, between 
the evening of that day and early on Saturday morning 
there must have been at least seven or eight leet 
of floodwater passing under the bridge. The river 
receded very quickly again, however, as at 8 p.m., the 
mark was at about five feet. Since then the waters have 
fined down considerably -, and on Wednesday they were 
very still, somewhat above their normal level, but ot a 
ffood fishing size, and of a fairly good colour. Fishing, 
Lwever, may be practicable, but only on the shallows 
will there be any chance of success, I should imagine. 
These floods will have had the effect of effectually scour¬ 
ing the bottoms of the streams, and if every spring fash 
got a chance to ascend both Tweed and Teviot m the 
ipring, there has certainly been abundant opportunities 
afforded them during them during the present season. 
Writing me on Wednesday of last week, a correspondent 
says: “ For five days’ fishing on the Hendersyde 
water we have had eleven salmon, weighing from GJlb. to 
1841b - on Tuesday and to-day, four more, -weights 
from 91b. to 191b. Eiver has never once been in good 
fishing ply, owing to the snow-water coming down 
On the Carham water, between the 4th Feb. and the 
•25th-eight days’ fishing-a fish was killed each day, 
and the weights ran from 61b. up to 241b. On the upper 
Teviot two fish were killed during the last days ot ieb. 
The Teviot—from the Duke of Eoxburghe s boundary 
at Sunlaws, down to Teviot Bridge—-which is fished by 
ticket (kindly granted by his Grace the Duke of Eox¬ 
burghe) by the members of the Kelso Angling Associa¬ 
tion, is said to hold a goodly number of fish this spring 
and as the permits haye been lately issued, many will 
ayail themselves of the first opportunits'they have of 
trying their luck on the Salmo 
last week, Mr. C. J. Cunningham, Wooden, had a 201b. 
fish on the Floors Castle waters, and on the same waters 
the folloiving day Mr. Charles Perkins Newcastle had 
two fish of 71b. and 81b. On the Hendersyde water on 
Saturday Mr. James Kerss had a couplealso bjlb and 
71b On the Teviot, Mr. Adam Elliot, Caverton, had a 
fish of '71b.-, and on the same river, on Saturday, Mr. 
John Wright, Kelso, had one of nearly 12lb. weight. 
On the Carham water Mr. Thomas Sligh, Coldstream, 
killed nine fish last week, their weights being olb. bib., 
71b., 71b., 71b., 81b., 81b,, 91b., and K^. On the 'Teviot 
six fish have been got in the Jedburgh district, two 
being salmon and the others sea-trout. In the Kelso 
district, on the same river on Saturday, Mi. John 
Wright, Kelso, had one of between 101b. md 1-lb.; and 
on the previous day, Mr. Adam Elliot, Caverton, had 
one of Ihlh. in the same river. Disease is beginning to 
show itself in both Tweed and Teviot, and although 
not so bad as some former years, it is feared that it may 
spread rapidly, seeing that the rivers are so low at 
present.— Maxwheel. , 
Ythan.—Good sport is being got on the Ellon Castle 
waters, some splendid baskets of sea-trout having been 
landed last week, chiefly to the March Brown, aud this 
notwithstanding the unsettled nature of the weather 
and water. On Saturday Mr. Andrew Murray Inver- 
don, made a splendid basket of 201b., fine trout; while 
Professor Cash, Aberdeen University, weighed another 
of 171b During the preceding days many good baskets 
were made. The fish are in excellent condition, iin- 
nock are very plentiful this season. The A than bids 
fair to maintain its reputation as the finest sea-trout 
stream in the kingdom.—G. M. 
Irish Reports. 
Ballinderry. —This stream is falling low, and 
.retting clear. ^Towards the close of last weeek a large 
numbe? of trout were killed on the upper waters, the 
first bao- being one of a dozen trout, t^en on the 
Lngtry reachel by Mr. Tom Anderson on Friday -. the 
following day he creeled four trout. Small bags weie 
made on the Ardtrea waters by local men. 
was done on the Coagh waters, but at Mullan, last 
Sunday, John McGukin killed 131b Hk® trout and 
anothe^r professional named Malten had 
A little rain fell on Tuesday night, but not sufficiently 
to raise or cblour the stream. Frosts at night are 
prevalent. , 
Bann —Since the season opened very littie has been 
done owing to the unfavourable weather The water is 
at a nice height just now, and rather clear Odd big 
trout are being picked upon the upper reaches by pro¬ 
fessionals Last Saturday a party of Belfast anglers 
visited Toorae, but had indifferent success. There has 
been no real angling weather so far. 
Blackwater (co. Tyrone). - Unless ram come 
shortly this fine stream will be low enough for the 
opening day—Thursday. This is the first season for 
?hropening to begin on March 10, as formerly it opened 
on M^ch 1. 'While journeying to the annual “®®t™" 
of the B.A.A. in Belfast, Tuesday week, I noticed thiee 
or four anglers busily engaged fishing above y®r^r s 
Station, although it was not yet the open ®®^®°^- 
is a sample of illegal fishing. AVhere wew the bailiffs t 
There will be no salmon fishing till June. J. A. B. 
Boyne (Navan).— Sport still continues poor for this 
fine river, and some nice warm ram is very much wanted. 
Owing to the continued heavy water, the big run of 
salmon have gone up to places where owing to marshy 
places bullrushes, &c.. it is impossible to fish for them. 
I hear’of fish being seen eighteen miles above this town. 
On the upper Block Castle water, north side, Mr. Fitz- 
' herbert and friends got a few last week, including a ve y 
find f\ah nf 3(Hlb. STot bv JohiiTiie Maloney, 
fisherman On the lower water, Mr. Laing a^ friends 
hid” few fish. Mr. Cunliffe also got some. Yesterday 
(Tuesday) there was a little improvement. Mr Lamg 
and party had four, of whiph Mr. Skrem had two. Mr^ 
Cunliff’e, also, had a tine fish of nearly 301b To-day we 
have a wesieily wind and signs of rain.-BLUE Hackle. 
B-undro-wes.—Since last report the weather con¬ 
tinued very dry and mild ; in fact, some days quite hot, 
in consequence the river was in good angling order 
early in the week, and some good sport was obtained. 
Mr. J. Johnston, on Tuesday, fishing the upper waters, 
landed the biggest salmon of the season, a beauty oi 
19.',lb., and on Friday, on the lower waters, one ot lO-Ub. ; 
Mr. D. Magowan, on Thursday, on the lower waters, 
killed a very nice salmon of lOJlb., and lost another ; 
Mr. T. Feely, on Saturday, on the upper waters, had one 
of 1041b.; and Mr. J. Gilbride, on Saturday at same 
place, killed one of 9.11b. A lot of kelts were also landed 
and returned, a very large number of which ^ now 
going to sea. Several good trout were taken on the tree 
waters of the Erne during the past week. Weather 
still continues fine.—W. Eogan and Sons. 
Crossgar (co, Do-wn).— Low water, sunny skiee, 
and frosty winds are by no means favourable to the 
filling of creels. The Crossgar, Ballynahinch, or Quoilc 
—this stream rejoices in all three names is but in 
middling form for fronting and, indeed, since the season 
opened, sport has been poor enough. On the Kiltnop 
reaches last Tuesday, a local gentleman killed a white 
trout over a pound in weight. The same day a number 
of Belfast anglers were out, and had hard enough limk. 
With a little more water angling would improve. Ibe 
Dundalk- Board has promised to look after this river 
more strictly in the future, as in the past it has been 
awfully poached.—J. A. B. 
Lough. Currane CWaterville, co. Kerry).— 
Sport continues very slack. Since last report Miclmel 
Brennan has had two salmon, 1241b. and 941b-1 Ba. 
O’Connell one, 101b., and Dan Leary, one, 1141b. ibe 
brown trout angling has improved, and a few heavy ones 
were had by anglers whentrolling for salmon.—i HOS. J . 
Denneht. 
Lough Melvin.— The first salmon taken on Melvin 
this season was killed on Friday, the 10th mst., by Mr. 
J Timnioney while trout fishing, and weighed 111b. 
Moy and Lake (Ballina).—Weatherand water was 
all that could be desired at the end of last week, when 
Mr M. Eoche killed two salmon 141b. and 121b. ; Mr. 
Greeghy, one fish, lOlb., and one trout 241b. On 'lues- 
day Mr. E. G. P. Knox Gore had a nice fish of 121b. ; 
and on the same day Mr. Chadwick killed one IHb;. and 
lost another good fish after a pretty hard fight Kelts 
are now pretty well cleared out of the river, although 
many linger for a long time in the Loughs, and the 
angler is greatly disappointed when he strikes one, 
when it ought to be out at sea and on its return journey 
up the river. Trout are beginning to rise to the fly in 
the Loughs. Mr. Chadwick had a nice basket of fash to¬ 
day, but I did not ascertain either the weight or 
number.— Frank Hearns. 
Moyola (co. Derry).— This beautiful little stream 
in the past fortnight yielded pretty good sport, but the 
continued drought is causing the water to fall, andtrou. 
are now sulking in the pools. This week very few trou. 
were killed on the lower reaches-the best angling 
grounds. Eain is badly needed. J. A. B. 
Nore (Thomasto-w-n, co. Kilkenny).-— Eiver in 
splendid order, and spring fish coming up fast. Mr. 2. 
Brown, fishing sn the Earl of Carrick s water at Moun^ 
Juliet yesterday, landed four springers, 221b., 201b. 
101b and 101b. ; Mr. O’Meara, on the same water, hai. 
a nice basket of trout Lower down the river Mi. 
Pilsworth has also killed a couple of fish. With the 
river in the present condition, and no sign ot rain, farsl- 
rate sport may be expected. X. Z. 
Shannon and Lough Derg (Killaloe).— 
The river is now in perfect form ; the weather is milcl 
and genial; several big springers have been angled 
lower down the river, and it is only reasonable to expeci. 
that salmon fishers here at Killaloe will any hour from 
this day forward, get their turn also On the 1-^th ms.. 
W O’Toole, gamekeeper, got a very fine springer ot ddic. 
above the sluice gates ; he also lost, through the swive. 
breaking, another huge fresh-run salmon, which, tor 
twenty minutes or more, actually towed his boat up and 
down the river like a steam tug. On the 13th Jack 
Johnson killed a 12-pouiider above the bridge. There 
are numbers of big fish up, and, with a continuance of 
the present propitious weather, many captures are sure 
to be made during the remainder of March. April and 
May, which are always good months here, should 
also fish well. In fine, sport is only beginning now, 
because, up to this, the floods boisterous weather 
had rendered fishing almost impossible.—b. J. Hurley. 
Shannon (Castle Connell).— The water hp been 
gradually reducing for the past week, and sport has in 
conseiiuence increased. Anglers may look out for a 
busy time now that the big springers are beginning to 
make their appearance. Mr. Hodges, on Doonass, 
captured a splendid fish on the 13 th, turning the sea 
at 3841b. : Colonel W. P. Dicken, C.B , on Prospect, 
llth one salmon 211b.; Mr B. L. Marples, on 
Newo-arden, 9tb, one salmon, 131b.; 13th, two salmon, 
361b and 331b. ; 14th, three salmon, 221b., 2Jib , and 
9filb Mrs W C. Jones, on Hermitage, caught a beauty 
on the 9th; weighing 121b. ; Mr. W- C Jones on same 
fishery, 10th, tivo salmon, 321b. and db.Jb. ; Mr. G. W. 
Greenhill, on Summerhill, 8th, one salmon, 2.11b. ; . th, 
one salmon, 331b. ; 10th, one salmon 3blb.; 13th, one 
salmon, 2941b. Captain C Vansittart, ou Worldsend 
9th, one salmon, 361b. ; 14th, one salmon, 241b.— John 
Enright and Son. 
On account of great pressure upon our space, 
some River Reports are unavoidably held over. 
