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the year, he also regards sunshine as 

 "almost a good condition." In frost, 

 also, he thinks that it may improve the 

 angler's chances. 



Salmon also rise well at times in 

 bright sun in the Sand River, and Mr. 

 Dodd not merely prefers bright sun to 

 white clouds, but has found it no bar to 

 good sport when dry-fly fishing for both 

 trout and grayling. 



its influence That the influence of sunshine varies, 

 season" as above suggested, with the time of year 

 is only perhaps what we should expect. 

 Dr. Charles Chree writes that, "in the 

 streams of West Forfarshire and East 

 Perthshire, trout take the worm very 

 readily in bright sunshine in the month 

 of June, so long as the angler uses fine 

 gut and fishes from his knees, so as to 

 keep out of sight." A month later, he 

 adds, it would under normal conditions 

 be exceedingly difficult to make a decent 

 catch. General O'Callaghan also says 

 something of these seasonal differences in 

 the part played by sunshine. " In the 



