142 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



frost was all over the ground in the morn- 

 ing, even with the water low and the 

 sky cloudless. Indeed, a combination of 

 bright sunshine and frosty weather would 

 seem to be very favourable to salmon 

 fishing. Sir John Edwards-Moss con- 

 siders that bright sunshine even improves 

 the fisherman's chances during a frost. 

 " One does not," he adds, " often get a 

 fresh fish before mid-day in frosty weather 

 early in the year, though one gets worried 

 by kelts. It looks as if the fresh fish wait 

 till the water is 'aired ' before rising." 



Of good sport with both salmon and 

 trout in a hard frost, and particularly 

 later in the day after a night of frost, 

 my correspondence contains so many 

 evidences that some selection is called 

 for, since the mere compatibility of the 

 two seems too evident to need the weight 

 of testimony. 



Good sport Sir Herbert Maxwell remembers taking 



weather" a y e ^ ow trout on a salmon - fly in 



the Thurso, in February, "fishing in a 



narrow run between solid ice-sheets six 



