SUNSHINE 89 



" The sunset glow on the water, I find, 

 is very bad in sea-trout fishing. The 

 moon, on the contrary, would seem 

 favourable to night-fishing for sea-trout, 1 

 at any rate on the Kent (Westmorland), 

 where I have done most of my night- 

 fishing." (R. B.) 



" I had fished a stream in the south of 

 Ireland, which was full of small trout, all 

 day without success. It was a bright 

 day, not good for fly-fishing, and I could 

 only stir a few very small fish. Suddenly, 

 about an hour before sunset, the water 

 seemed to boil with fish. At each cast I 

 hooked one, or even two, as the flies were 

 seized the moment they touched the 

 water. This went on till my basket was 

 filled. The fish were exactly the same 

 weight, half a pound. The light was just 

 beginning to fade when this began, and it 

 was dark when I left off." (A. D. C.) 



" I have known salmon rise particularly 

 well when the sun is about setting and 

 the light is warm and oblique. It is little 



1 Not for conger (F. G. A.). 



