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ing, the trout know it beforehand and are 

 slack in feeding." (St. V. B.) 



" For loch-trout in Orkney, it is no use 

 fishing in heavy rain. Owing, I suppose, 

 to countless rain-drops, fish do not see the 

 fly." (A. M. S. G.) 



In this connection, General O'Callaghan 

 mentions that, fishing with minnow on 

 one occasion in the Till (Northumberland), 

 he caught a fish about 5 A.M., and then, 

 from 9.30 A.M., fished with fly in the rain, 

 which commenced to fall soon after his 

 first success, without touching another fish 

 until about 3 P.M. In the two hours that 

 followed, he landed 18 Ibs. of trout, not 

 one under f lb., and then had to catch a 

 train. Mr. Gallichan writes that he has 

 found rainy weather favour bait-fishing for 

 coarse fish, but not in a low temperature. 

 "In some waters," he says, " trout will take 

 the fly during rather heavy rain, though 

 seldom during a drenching downpour. 

 But in certain rivers, light rain seems 

 to put trout down while it is falling. 

 Generally speaking, light showers favour 



