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Excerpt from The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland The present edition of the Angler's Companion has been subjected to a thorough and careful revision. In many portions of the treatise the author has thought it necessary to make extensive alterations. With those chapters which relate to the practice of the art, he has dealt as an increase of experience suggested to him; unhesitatingly, when required, applying the pruning-knife, or reinforcing them in turn with new and useful matter. To the remainder of the volume - that part in which the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland in their angling qualifications are treated of - he has also paid particular attention, using every endeavour to render the information contained in it not only interesting, but of fresh date and unimpeachable correctness. As regards the waters of the north and north-west coasts of Sutherland, which are now, since 1850, let solely as rod-fishings, minute information, collected from the best sources, is embodied for the first time. The list of angling streams and lochs throughout Scotland, and of flies adapted for them, has also been considerably augmented, and much additional matter relative to the Scottish Salmon-Fishings, along with suggestions for their improvement, will be found scattered throughout the volume. 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.