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starts a rise of brown trout, which will 

 continue after the rain has stopped." 

 (H. B. B.) 



" In Banffshire rivers, small trout cease 

 to take the fly in rain, but large trout are 

 more readily caught during rain than at 

 any other time." (J. C.) 



It is, as might be expected, on the still 

 surface of lakes that, in the absence of 

 wind, the patter of rain exercises its bene- 

 ficial influence appreciably. 



" In some lakes, specially Talyllyn, also in lake- 

 trout rise best after rain, but never so 

 well before a storm." (C. E. M. E.) 



" White and brown trout take well in 

 some of the lakes in Co. Mayo during 

 hard rain." (T. D.) 



"For lake-fishing in Donegal, rain, 

 hanging overhead, is bad, but light showers 

 are good, and fish sometimes rise well 

 during, and just after, heavy rain on a 

 hot, close day." (W. E.-J.) 



Among other experiences of good lake- 

 fishing during rain, Sir Thomas Esmonde 

 recalls killing over three dozen brown and 



