90 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



use fishing in the Namsen River (Norway) 

 when the sun is glaring on the water. A 

 very favourable time is just as it is getting 

 dusk. I have had good sport harling 

 when it was nearly dark." (W. B.) 



" Sunrise and sunset for carp, bream 

 and tench." (H. T. S.) 



Direct and 

 indirect 

 influence 

 of heat. 



Excessive 



II. HEAT 



"Extremes of temperature," writes 

 Mr. Bagot, " are bad ; great heat and a 

 miserably chilly day equally so." 



In the few remaining pages of this 

 chapter on the connection between the 

 sun and fishing we must consider some 

 evidence of the effects, prejudicial or 

 otherwise, of high temperatures. The 

 part played by low temperatures, with 

 the outward symbols of frost and snow, is 

 discussed in Chapter III. 



The influence of a high temperature 

 may be threefold. It may, and generally 

 does, produce a hatch of insect food. It 

 may either stimulate or deaden opinions 



