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water a glaring sun is often no bar to 

 sport, seems to demonstrate that this 

 betrayal of the gut and hook is the only 

 explanation of a trout's aloofness in bright 

 light and still water, and that another 

 correspondent's view, that the service 

 rendered by the breeze is merely to stimu- 

 late the appetite of the fish, by oxygena- 

 tion, is untenable. 



Before leaving the influence of sunlight, 

 something must be said of the special 

 condition of sunset, when the oblique and 

 failing rays appear to produce a different 

 effect from that of the earlier hours of 

 the day. The following opinions on sun- 

 set and kindred conditions of light are of 

 interest in this connection and illustrate 

 divergent views : 

 Special con- "I have never succeeded much in 



si derations of , . , . . . .., ... , 



sunset. bright sunshine with either salmon or 

 sewin ; l but when the sun goes down, 

 after a bright day in July or August, fish 

 will take well." (C. E. M. E.) 



1 I.e. sea-trout, the "peal" of Devonshire rivers 

 (F. G. A.). 



