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" On a broiling July day," writes Mr. 

 Hall of a small preserved trout-stream in 

 Norfolk that he has fished for many 

 years, "when fishing in any south country 

 trout-stream would be out of the question, 

 fish will rise madly, and are far more easily 

 taken than at sunset. It is well known 

 that trout are more easily approached 

 under such conditions, but unfortunately 

 they are not normally feeding then, ex- 

 cept in the Mayfly season." 



Mr. Bryden is among the most enthu- in Norway ? 

 siastic advocates of hot-weather fishing as 

 a result of some successes under such con- 

 ditions. " In Norway," he writes, " I 

 have found hot, settled weather good for 

 trouting ; indeed, I have known the heat 

 so tropical, especially in June 1893, that 

 for a spell we did most of our fishing 

 between 7 and 12 P.M. . . . On a day of 

 clear intense heat I once had one of the 

 finest days with pike that I remember, for pike in a 

 It was on a large and ancient Warwick- r< 

 shire reservoir, and we killed a brace of 

 8 Ibs. each, within a minute or two one of 



