70 Angling Travels in Norway. 



Many British and Norwegian anglers decry fishing 

 under a hot sun, but in heavy waters I think it makes not 

 much difference, and even in small waters I have done 

 very well if the sun does not shine down-stream. 



I have been frequently warned, when starting out 

 under a sun beating straight down upon the river, that 

 I was not very likely to raise a fish, and my boatman, or 

 gaffer, has implored me to wait until five o'clock in the 

 evening, but with plenty of water I generally pay little 

 attention to sun in Norway, and have nothing to regret 

 for my waywardness, principally thanking the free-taking 

 habits of the Norwegian salmon. 



There is only one direction of the sun upon the river 

 during which I decline to fish, and that is when it strikes 

 down a pool, and, consequently, straight into the eyes of 

 fish, thus the general direction of a river's course is of 

 much importance in day-angling. 



In various parts of Norway a fairly extensive system 

 of marking fish and returning them to the water has been 

 practised, with the object of advancement of our knowledge 

 of the natural history of the salmon, with the result that 

 fish have very seldom been recaptured south of the river in 

 which they were originally taken, while, upon the other 

 hand, they have frequently been caught north of it, which 

 suggests the inference that kelts, upon regaining salt water, 

 are in the habit of travelling in a northern direction. The 



