The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Tod Stoddart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland But while such are the general features Of Tweed as an angling river, its individual superiority in this respect will be more clearly exemplified, when I limit my Oh servations to the particular portion of its course, which, extending five or six miles upwards, and as many in an opposite direction from Kelso, may be said to lie in the vicinity of that town. In this stretch of water are embraced, unquestionably, some of the finest salmon casts, as far as rod-fishing is concerned, in Great Britain. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter all furnish their fresh-run supply of the scaly tribe. The clean, firm set, eye-delighting fish of March and April is succeeded, during June and July, by the whitlings and early grilses these again, throughout the remainder of the season, are followed by others of older growth intermingled with breeders of every description, while to crown all, the grey-schule, cleaving undauntedly the December torrent, brings up the rear; nor is it until they have escaped the perils of the net and coble, and found their way through the arches of Coldstream-bridge, that these - the migratory fish of Tweed, - discover much appetite for the baits of the angler, or seem inclined to come, right venturesomely, towards his tinselled lures. Here it is, in the stretch of water alluded to, that they most freely exercise their capricious tastes, and here they are found in more abundance and perfection than in the upper portions Of the river. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.