RAIN, HAIL, AND SLEET 107 



blustering weather. Here is what Mr. 

 Buxton says on the subject : 



" The dry-fly has a reputation to keep Rain bad 

 up, and apparently refuses to do execution fi^^T y 

 on a wet day, when there is water on its 

 back." Indeed, the Postmaster- General, 

 a recognised authority on this method, 

 whimsically extends the same dislike of 

 rain to the dry-fly trout, which, he writes, 

 "does not like getting wet; while on a 

 rainy day it is more difficult to spot the 

 rising fish and the fish not actually rising, 

 but ready to take." 



Of moisture in the atmosphere there Clouds, rain 

 are five separate stages that may, each ^"rious : 

 in its own fashion, affect the fisherman's effectsof 



rain. 



chances of sport. Of these, three only 

 are dealt with in the present chapter, 

 snow and fog being considered later. 

 Clouds, rain and hail have, however, 

 been taken together, not without some 

 risk of the evidence overlapping, particu- 

 larly in the often close connection between 

 hail and snow, but because some such 

 division was found necessary, and these 



