| Show SPORTS PARADE By Oscar Fraley L LOCH 0 C H L LOMOND 0 M 1 0 N D Scotland March 29 UP UP UP-Ony Only those who see ee ce this Loch set like a jewel In Inthe Inthe inthe the purple heather of the Scottish highlands can fu appreciate the talent which was Sir Harry Lauders But the men of the moors will vill tell you jou that their poet laureate could have won von equa equal fame singIng singing singing sing sing- ing of oC the fish which abound In Firth and Loch and the game which swarms through h craggy highlands and sweeping lowlands This is a section known as the Trossachs It is the edge of the highlands a rampart rising to td the north But whether you ou go JO north or south this is a huntin hunting and fishing paradise second to none Fish from Doorstep Any place the angler goes in Scotland he is no more than 10 miles from the sea Yet he doesn't even cven face the thc necessity of such travel tra unless he is bent on blue bluewater bluewater bluewater water fishing For Scotland is s speckled with lochs and streams hundreds of them and he can fish from his doorstep wherever he may be The Scots claim the finest fishIng fishing fishing fish fish- ing in the world word from March 1 to September and they can more than substantiate their claims Their r rivers ers have fighting salmon running running run run- ning rung from 20 to as high as 30 pounds There also are the or small salmon In the lochs the fly rod Izaak Waltons can be satiated easily In their desire for a stiff bout by brown trout which run from one oneto oneto to one and a half poun pounds s. s And out in the Firths the supply of cod pike and perch is plentiful While fish are ample the Scots Seats fire are taking no chances on their supply bein being diminished At Loch Sween on the west coast the they are experimenting with artificial feed feed- ing to improve the growth of their finny fighters as well as studying trout in an out all effort cHort to improve improve improve im im- im- im prove this already splendid type of fishing Grouse and Red Deer I Grouse and red deer afford Scotland's Scotland's Scot Scot- lands land's best hunting although there i iare are pheasant woodcock 0 a d co c k and partridge galore The season on these is during durin August and September but only in Scotland are the Moors cultivated cultivated for grouse rowe A favorite fa game I bird with Scotsmen the seeing far authorities are taking no chances chance on them being killed off ocr I Prime hunting is the red deer found in all aB parts of Scotland and the pointer 12 or royal stag is not unusual Deer stalking is however on the expensive expense e side and too loo I costly for the average a tourist But Buta a surprising number of oC sportsmen from other lands invade the highlands highlands high high- lands for this thrill They get much more in this land landof landof landof of bonnie Prince Charlie Sights to go along with it such as imposing edifices of the past like towering Stirling Castle the rolling moors of or Bannockburn where history was written by the stron strong and the inspired and ancient Linlithgow where the beautiful and tragic Mar Mary queen of Scots Seats I was born |
