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black-game, one woodcock, and six Hares.Salmon-fishing, the noblest sport of the angler, baa sadly disappointed its votaries this season from the scarcity of fresh-run fish in the Highland streams, and some of our correspondents inveigh bitterly against the mur* derous monopoly of nets and cruives.” For nearly two months past the Ness, Findhorr ' ’ 1Grant of Carron—renowned for his tine casts of long line, Spey fashion, lately rave up the tishiDg in despair atiU went to his moors. Lord Saltoun and a party in the Rothes streams are taking a few good grilse, and a fine salmon of 24lbs. has been killed by his lordship's keeper. On the Elchies water Mr. Ella {the Director of the Musical Union) has killed a salmon of 221bs. This gentleman some years since killed in the Amdilly streams a fish weighing 27Ibs., but such windfalls seldom crown me labours of tne angler. A fine specimen of the sal/no ftrox was captured the other day on the Upper Garry by Mr. Ellice's keeper. It weighed lG^lbs., and was taken by the artificial fiy, a circumstance that rarely happens. On the river Brora a noble fresh-run salmon of 3Ulbs. was on Thursday last killed by Mr. Hector Gunn. The lato rains have greatly improved the rivers on the east coast. The Ness, as we have said, has been singularly unproductive. Last year, between the 1st of August and the 14th of September, the grilse and salmon caught in our river numbered nearly 500. This year the number will not be more than from 70 to SO. ’We know too little of the habits of the salmon to assign any particular reason for such a falling off, but it has been ascertained that o\er the whole north of Scotland the fish have bung about the mouths of the rivers without venturing up, as if the quality of the water were obnoxious. In the month of July an unusual drought prevailed over the country, which had the effect of diminishing the ordinary volume of the rivers ; this, at least in the case of the Ness, was attended by a depreciation in the quality of the water, which induced the fish to remain in the sea. The fresh which followed this drought is now gradually subsiding, and within the last fortnight the sport has generally improved ; though still inferior to the average of years ; and the Sime, so far as we cau learn, may be said of the rivers in Sutherland, the west coast, and the north generally. Last week the members of the Angling Club here had some fair sport. On^ member (Mr. D. Nicol was fortunate enough to catch three line grilse on two consecutive evenings ; others have caught two or three fish in the course of the week ; but the most constant and successful anglers on the Ness have throughout the whole season scarcely basketed a dozen salmon. Captain Forbes, we believe, has caught about ten fish ; Mr. Nicol, eleven ; Mr. Lowe, lour or five ; anil other gentlemen have had -01110 sport. Sir J. R. Carnao and party, who La\e been fishing in the upper pools of the river, met with excellent sport one morning last week, Mr. M ilkinson havh.g caught 1:0 fewer than four fine fish before breakfast. How far the last few days of the fishing may alter these proportion.* must \cl be seen ; we hope that the improvement which lias betu going on of late may continue till the event*.ui 14th instant.— . m-veniess Courier.little or do sport, and a skilful
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Morning Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Sep 16, 1850
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