view. 



(b) RAIN 



(1) Main-drops on the Surface 

 Mr. Earl There are two theories touching the 



Hodgson's effe( , t of a fall of rain Qn the surface of 



water, particularly of a lake unruffled by 

 wind, and both of these, while attributing 

 it to different causes, regard it favourably. 

 In a few cases, it is true, as that of the 

 half-bred Loch Levens in the artificial 

 loch previously referred to by Mr. Black, 

 rain seems to have no effect whatever, 

 but this is exceptional. To some extent, 

 too, so experienced a fisherman as Mr. 

 Earl Hodgson regards rain as powerless 

 to affect the chance of sport or to influ- 

 ence the mood of trout. " If," he writes, 

 " they are rising, it does not make them 

 cease to rise." 



The more general view, however, is 

 that a not too heavy downpour favours 

 sport. This is explained by the majority 

 of fishermen as the beneficial effect of 

 rain-drops ruffling the surface in the 

 absence of a breeze, a result peculiarly 



