RAIN, HAIL, AND SLEET 12.5 



when, owing to excess of rain, the water 

 begins to rise and continues rising, even 

 although it be scarcely discoloured, sport 

 with the fly is, for the time being, at an end. 

 This is especially the case with salmon." 



Mr. Sheild pleads for latitude in Best level 

 estimating such conditions as favourable, J )r salmon 



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or otherwise, to the salmon -fisher man. 

 "As regards salmon," he writes, "many 

 years of experience have taught me this 

 broad truth. The caprice of both salmon 

 and sea-trout is quite inexplicable, and, 

 while knowing the conditions which suit 

 them well, the fisherman need never 

 despair of catching a fish in most un- 

 favourable weather. I have always 

 looked upon a falling and clearing water, 

 after a heavy spate, as the most favour- 

 able condition for salmon, and an exactly 

 opposite condition is equally likely, that 

 is to say, the first flow of flood-water into 

 a well-stocked pool. The salmon crowd 

 to the head, and take with avidity on the 

 first run of the flood-water. 1 have had 

 many experiences of this." 



