40 BESTS ART OF ANGLING. 



times over the flame of a candle and it will se- 

 parate. 



15th. The best times for angling are from 

 April to October, and the best time of the day 

 from three till nine in the morning, and three in 

 the evening till sun-set. The south wind is the 

 best to angle in ; the next best point to that is 

 the west ; the cooler these blow in the hottest 

 months, is the best time to fish. 



l6th. Never angle in an easterly wind, for 

 your labour will be in vain ; but you may if the 

 wind blows from any other point, provided not 

 too sharply. Fishes will never bite before a 

 shower of rain ; this hint may save 3^0 u many a 

 wet skin.* 



17th. In the morning, if there happens to be 

 a hoar frost, either in the spring or advancing of 

 the season, fishes will not bite that day, except 

 in the evening : and after they have spawned, 

 very ill, till with grass and weeds they have scour- 

 ed themselves, and by that means recovered their 

 appetite. 



18th. The best time for the trout to be taken, 

 and other fishes with the ground-line, is morning 

 and evening, in clear weather and water; but if 

 the day proves cloudy, or the water muddy, you 

 may angle all dav long. 



19th. The angler may depend on catching 

 store of fishes, in a dark, close, gloomy, or lov^^-. 

 ering day, if the wind be southerly, and when, as 

 the poet observes, 



" The stealing show'r is scarce to patter heard 

 " By such as wander thro' the forest walks, 

 '' Beneath th' umbrageous multitude of leaves.^ 



• Vide tli« Prognostics. 



