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favourable on the smooth surface of still 

 water, though advantageous even in run- 

 ning water. Thereby, it is argued, the 

 fisherman's hook, and particularly the 

 glint of his gut, is hidden from the fish. 

 The other interpretation of the success 

 which often follows a shower, preferred 

 by Mr. Sheild, Dr. Bright, and one or two 

 more correspondents, is that the appetites 

 of the fish are stimulated by oxygenation. 

 Whatever the cause, rain often brings 

 luck to both salmon- and trout-fishermen, 

 and the following are among the opinions 

 in favour of it. 



" Rain, if it is real rain (not mist), snow, Rain good for 

 and even hail I think favourable for 

 salmon until the water has begun to rise 

 perceptibly, say more than an inch or two. 

 A shower of rain, with a puff from a dark 

 cloud, on a sunny day I call a great 

 opportunity with a Thunder-and-lightning 

 'fly'." (J. E.-M.) 



" I have seen salmon caught in heavy 

 rain with a rising water." (J. F.) 



"I do not think a shower has a bad 



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