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the angler. Very wet seasons, especially 

 if the weather is cold, do not prove highly 

 successful as a rule. Fish are often lively 

 just before heavy rain, though at times 

 threatening rain seems to have the same 

 effect as an approaching thunderstorm. 

 Between the showers, if the temperature 

 is not cold, most fish appear to be in quest 

 of food. But experience shows that the 

 influence of rain is very contradictory, and 

 it seems almost impossible to affirm 

 positively concerning the result." 



(2) Discoloration of the Water 



Of the colours produced in the water 

 by sky-reflections, something was said in 

 the last chapter. Very different, in origin 

 and effect, is the thickening of the water 

 by mud or peat-stain as the result of 

 floods. As a rule, this hinders fly-fishing, 

 but gives the best sport with worm and 

 other baits. Yet the fly does well again 

 as soon as the water clears, which it 

 does rapidly in chalk-streams, where both 



