58 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



"on a very bright sunny morning, when 

 it was almost hopeless to expect anything. 

 But my fly was carried by the stream 

 quite under a bush, and there the fish 

 was hooked." 



" It must," writes Sir Henry Seton- 

 Karr, " have happened to all salmon- 

 fishermen occasionally to flog good water, 

 well stocked with fish, in good order, and 

 under apparently perfect weather condi- 

 tions, to no purpose whatever. On the 

 other hand, I have killed chance salmon 

 on the Erne in July, in clear, smooth 

 water, under a blazing sun, which shone, 

 however, upstream and not down ; that 

 is to say, from behind the fish, and not in 

 their eyes. Also, I have killed them in a 

 snowstorm, on the Eden, in April. I am 

 almost inclined to the bold assertion that, 

 if the salmon are there, and not too intent 

 on running, but settled for the time in a 

 pool, there is always some hope of a rise, 

 whatever weather conditions prevail that 

 is, of course, provided the fly is cannily 

 chosen of a size to suit the depth and 



