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Most of those who favour bright sun- 

 shine for their fishing qualify their prefer- 

 ence with some sort of conditions. On 

 the Kent (Westmorland) and North 

 Tyne (Northumberland), for instance, Mr. 

 Bagot says that the afternoon sun alone 

 puts down salmon and sea -trout, even 

 after a good rise, the morning sun being 

 less prejudicial to sport. Mr. Gathorne- 

 Hardy has no objection to bright sun- 

 shine if the water is dirty. Mr. Conner, 

 writing of the Bandon River, prefers it 

 indeed in conjunction with a high wind, 

 but without any wind at all experience 

 has shown him that it is usually fatal It 

 seems, moreover, that sunshine may be 

 better for the fisherman in a low than in 

 a high temperature. This at any rate is 

 the opinion of Sir John Ed wards -Moss, Sunshine an 

 who thinks it an advantage in cold advanta e e in 



cold weather 



weather, when the water is on the biff and spring 



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side, though generally hopeless in warm 

 weather and low water. In very early 

 spring, when the fish are perhaps less 

 critical of tackle than they are later in 



