EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON SALMON, 107 



a south wind ; a rapid fall of barometer ; a fog at 

 any time ; a still, muggy day with an over- 

 cast sky and a warm temperature, also have more 

 or less effect in making salmon disinclined to 

 feed. In an east wind, under the conditions I have 

 described, the angler may just as well stay at home. 

 He may possibly get a fish or two to rise the first 

 thing in the morning or late in the evening, but 

 he will waste his time fishing during the day. A 

 frosty night in autumn followed by a bright sunny 

 day, sharpens the appetite of a salmon in a mar- 

 vellous manner. The best day's fishing I ever had 

 under such conditions as those was on the Tay, in 

 the month of September. The water was in first- 

 rate order, and, for the information of my brother 

 anglers, I may just say that the fly I used had a 

 silver body. I have always noticed that during the 

 autumn months, as well, indeed, as at any other 

 season of the year, salmon are far more inclined to 

 feed in cold weather than in warm. The autumn 

 of 1886 was unusually mild, when I was fishing the 



