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    SCOTCH LOCH-FISHING


             BY
       "BLACK PALMER"


 WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
    EDINBURGH AND LONDON
        MDCCCLXXXII

   _All Rights reserved_




                  DEDICATED

                   TO THE

 MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN ANGLING CLUB GLASGOW

      IN REMEMBRANCE OF MANY HAPPY DAYS

           SPENT IN THEIR COMPANY




PREFACE.


The Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch-Fishing
desires chiefly that it may be of use to all who read it. He does not
pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what
he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way
of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and
technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of
this book has afforded him much pleasure in his leisure moments, and
that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it
would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling
community in general. This edition is interleaved with blank sheets for
the reader's notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions
addressed to the care of the publishers, will meet with consideration in
a future edition.

GLASGOW, _March 1882_.




CONTENTS.


 CHAP.                                 PAGE

    I. INTRODUCTORY,                      1

   II. EQUIPMENT,                         5

  III. TACKLE AND ACCESSORIES,            7

   IV. FLIES AND CASTING-LINES,          13

    V. TROLLING-TACKLE AND