96 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



Though all those who have contributed 

 to this volume deprecate any attempt to 

 lay down hard and fast rules, several 

 regard it as peculiarly difficult to generalise 

 on this question of the temperature most 

 suitable for fishing. 



Difficulty Sir Henry Seton-Karr contrasts the 



ising. successful spring salmon - fishing on the 



Dee and Thurso, with ice on the banks, 

 as well as the autumn season on the 

 Tweed under similar conditions, with the 

 midsummer sport enjoyed on many a 

 salmon -river in Ireland or in Norway. 

 Mr. Gallichan is equally at a loss to 

 formulate any rule, seeing that he has 

 caught trout, after sunset in April, in an 

 atmospheric temperature below 32, and 

 also, during July, in a temperature of 80 

 in the shade. 

 Hot weather It seems that hot weather is more 



favourable in n, >, n * j- . . 



the eastern favourable to fishing in some districts 



counties; than in others. In the eastern counties 



for instance, thanks perhaps to the tonic 



effects of a bracing climate, trout retain 



their appetite through the hottest summer. 



