104 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



before the day is out, and to remain at 

 his post in spite of it. What has to be 

 determined is the manner in which such 

 weather is likely to affect his chances. 

 Mr. Senior In aggravated cases the discomfort is 



catches , . , 



grayling in so depressing as to rob even an unex- 



bad weather, pected success of its pleasure. Mr. Senior 



thus graphically describes a comfortless, 



but not unproductive, September day on 



the Exe, below Dulverton : 



" The weather was all that one wanted 

 it not to be. There were squalls that 

 roared with hoarse voices and rainstorms 

 that blurred the surface of the stream at 

 frequent intervals. But I was a couple 

 of miles from headquarters, fully equipped, 

 before the outburst came, and I braced 

 myself to the forlorn hope of fishing 

 steadily, come weal or woe, upstream and 

 homewards. I waded as near the left- 

 hand fringe of bushes as I could for 

 shelter, and, with a short line, cast a 

 small red quill straight ahead, fishing it 

 dry on the chance of rising a fish. There 

 was no appearance of any rise, even in 



