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Other opinions might be cited in sup- Various 

 port of the importance of temperature in 

 different kinds of fishing. Mr. Wheeley, 

 writing chiefly of the Thames and Wey, 

 considers it all-important. The late Lady 

 Bridge, who had considerable experience of 

 salmon, was of opinion that that fish move 

 when the temperature is "just beginning 

 to change." Mr. G. Ashley Dodd reads 

 the thermometer and barometer together 

 thus : 



"A warm afternoon, turning to a cold 

 evening, puts salmon down completely on 

 the Thurso and is bad anywhere. A 

 sudden fall of the barometer (as it gener- 

 ally means a gale) sets salmon jump- 

 ing wildly, throwing themselves sideways, 

 when they do not notice fly much. A 

 fall of rain is rather good for salmon. 

 But for trout, and still more for grayling, 

 I like a rising barometer." 



" Salmon," writes Mr. Barrington, " will 

 not take well in hot weather, but cold 

 (unless when a frost first sets in) does not 

 affect them in the same way." 



