The fish does not seem to take freely in the loch, and on
his way from the Awe to the Orchy. As to the trout-fishing, it is very
bad in the months when most men take their holidays, August and
September. From the middle of April to the middle of June is apparently
the best time. The loch is well provided with bays, of different merit,
according to the feeding which they provide; some come earlier, some
later into season. Doubtless the most beautiful part of the lake is
around the islands, between the Loch Awe and the Port Sonachan hotels.
The Green Island, with its strange Celtic burying-ground, where the
daffodils bloom among the sepulchres with their rude carvings of battles
and of armed men, has many trout around its shores. The favourite
fishing-places, however, are between Port Sonachan and Ford. In the
morning early, the steam-launch tows a fleet of boats down the loch, and
they drift back again, fishing all the bays, and arriving at home in time
for dinner. Too frequently the angler is vexed by finding a boat busy in
his favourite bay. I am not sure that, when the trout are really taking,
the water near Port Sonachan is not as good as any other. Much depends
on the weather. In the hard north-east winds of April we can scarcely
expect trout to feed very freely anywhere.
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