INTRODUCTION 53 



" Sea-fish seem to feel the same influ- 

 ences of the winds as their brothers in 

 the shallower waters of streams, and 

 will bite freely when a W. or S.W. 

 wind is blowing, though they will touch 

 nothing when the breezes are from N. 

 or E., even at depths where it might 

 be thought that the wind could not 

 make itself felt." 



John Bickerdyke thus sums up his John 



Views On the question I Bickerdyke's 



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"So far as salmon fishing is concerned, 

 the best weather is that which gives the 

 best light and the best water. That is 

 to say, we first of all want rain to rise the 

 water and make the fish run ; then a less 

 quantity of rain to keep the river steady 

 and up to a certain level, when the fish 

 usually take. Salmon take badly when 

 the river is rising rapidly or falling rapidly. 

 The light, too, is most important, the fish 

 apparently not seeing the fly, or not caring 

 to see it when the clouds are very low and 

 the sky is much overcast. A bright sky, 

 on the other hand, is bad, because prob- 



