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Corwen, Merionethshire) in a snowstorm, 

 with the wind in the east ; and a friend 

 of Mr. Noble once made a great basket 

 of trout in the Haddingtonshire Tyne in 

 spring in a snowstorm, with the sun trying 

 to break through. Dr. William Murray 

 writes that the Coquet and other Border 

 streams often fish well in April in a partial 

 fall of snow, " especially with glints of sun- 

 shine " ; and Dr. George Murray sends 

 the following experience of one of them : 

 " I was fly-fishing early in the season on 

 a small stream in Northumberland, on a 

 day when the water was in good order, 

 and there were heavy snowstorms at 

 intervals. I remember well that the 

 trout rose freely during each shower of 

 snow and stopped at once when it was 

 over." 



" Snowstorms," writes Mr. Gallichan, 

 " usually put trout down, though they 

 will often rise well between snow showers 

 in April. I have caught trout once or 

 twice during a shower of snow, but this 

 is exceptional." 



