CHAPTER III 



OF FROST AND SNOW 



First it blew, 

 Then it snew, 

 Then it thew. 



I. FROST : Advantages of frost and sunshiue Good sport in 



frosty weather The passing of the frost Seasonable 

 cold not prejudicial Frost good for grayling 

 Opinions hostile to frosty weather Temperature and 

 coarse fish Mr. Matthews on the effects of frost. 



II. SNOW : Snow not a bar to sport Mr. J. J. Hardy's 



experience on the Aln In Norway and Lapland 

 Curious experience of Sir Douglas Brooke Other 

 instances of good sport in snowstorms Case of the 

 Thames trout Snow good for salmon fishing A 

 snowstorm on the Slaney. 



III. SNOW-BROTH : Cases of sport with melted snow in the 

 water Snow-broth in Canada and Norway Evidence 

 hostile to snow-broth Touching mahseer fishing. 



WE have so far considered conditions 

 which belong rather to spring and 

 summer than to any colder season of 

 the year. Yet the angling enthusiasm 



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