Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations

CHAPTER XVIII.--ANGLING IN FRESH-WATER LOCHS.

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Permission required--Trout scarcer than formerly--Dr Mackenzie accounts for this--The tarry sheep--Fionn Loch--Angling deteriorated--Good day's angling--The Dubh loch--Three trout at a cast--Bait fishing for trout--Loch Kernsary--Char--Char and trout, and pink and white-fleshed trout, indistinguishable to the taste--Burn fishing--Best time for trout fishing--Eels--Pike--Their introduction described by Dr Mackenzie--Re-introduced in Sir Kenneth's time 363