62 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



killed, though there was no rise in the 

 water. 



"The man," so another correspondent 

 puts it, " with plenty of time and patience 

 will often catch fish at unexpected times, 

 whereas he who only goes to the river at 

 the most favourable times, and rushes 

 away if the fish are not feeding, often 

 misses the rise altogether. The latter 

 may be a better fisherman, but the more 

 patient man will get the fish in the end." 



It is quite useless to sit idle on the 

 chance of better things to come. It is 

 better, indeed, to stay away from the river 

 altogether than to wait on fortune on the 

 banks without putting your tackle to- 

 gether. Those beginners who have been 

 taught to regard certain kinds of wind 

 and weather as hopeless for fishing may, 

 if they have the patience to turn the 

 following pages, take heart from the cases 

 of success, sometimes even of record bags, 

 under precisely these forbidding condi- 

 tions, and may be encouraged to try con- 

 clusions with the hope of results as 



