Climate and Weather. 19 



As a general rule, the prospects of an angling season 

 upon rivers not supplied by glaciers can be pretty ac- 

 curately gauged l)y the stock of snow up country ; but, as 

 above indicated, such calculations may easily be upset. 

 It stands to reason that the smaller rivers and the upper 

 stretches of large ones will be well served by a wet season 

 which possibly may render the bigger waters useless on 

 account of continued floods, and then there is the reverse 

 side of the picture, viz. a cold dry season with little snow 

 upon the hills and mountains, consequently no water in 

 the small rivers, and only sufiicient in the larger to afford 

 a couple of weeks' sport. 



The conditions requisite to constitute an ideal season 

 from the angler's point of view would be somewhat upon 

 these lines— plenty of snow before and after Christmas, 

 warm weather during end of May and June, with occa- 

 sional cool and cloudy days, then, with occasional rain 

 in July, the rivers should fish well for a couple of months, 

 and it is indeed fortunate if spates should occur during 

 the weekly close-time for netting in the fjords, to which 

 I shall have occasion to refer later on. 



The man who can spend the months of June, July, and 

 August in Norway is fortunate, as he reaps the season's 

 harvest ; but he who is obliged to fix his visit to extend 

 over a shorter period may easily miss the mark in this 

 as in other countries. 



