2 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



pull up the blind and look at the sky. 

 An aneroid barometer knows more of the 

 coming weather than the sky, yet both 

 are untrustworthy so far as the mood of 

 the fish is concerned ; and the best plan, 

 unless the day is actually too bad for 

 enjoyment, is to take no notice of the 

 weather, but to get to the waterside as 

 soon as possible and there tempt fortune. 



At the same time, even though, in the 

 light of past experience or in obedience 

 to the warnings of those who know, we 

 refuse to let the sky signs move us to 

 either unwarranted optimism or unneces- 

 sary despair, it cannot fail to be of interest 

 to determine such conditions of light 

 or temperature, such manifestations of 

 electrical disturbance, such changes in 

 the quality or quantity of the wind as 

 appear to exercise an appreciable, though 

 not a constant, influence on the sport of 

 fishing with rod and line. 



To attach, therefore, a due and not 

 exaggerated significance to the part 

 played by atmospheric conditions in the 



