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snow heavily, and I made for a sheltered 

 hole known as the Tumbling Bay, Penton 

 Hook, with little hope of seeing a fish. 

 Within half an hour, I caught three 

 Thames trout in splendid condition, 6j, 

 5|, and 4J Ibs., and this in a blinding 

 snowstorm." 



Mr. Wheeley also mentions having 

 killed this fish in both hail and snow, 

 " one fish in a blinding snowstorm, others 

 in blazing sun." 



Snow good Ordinary trout and Thames trout may, 

 fishing then, take well in snow. Salmon seem 

 to be still more approachable under such 

 conditions, and indeed a fall of snow 

 seems positively favourable. Colonel 

 M'Inroy writes of the upper waters of 

 the North Esk : "In one pool I killed 

 salmon in the same week in a snowstorm 

 and in a thunderstorm. ... In October 

 1881 I killed three salmon and a sea-trout 

 in a short afternoon, hooking every one of 

 them during snow squalls. Between the 

 squalls, not one would look at me." 



Mr. Bagot and Mr. Dodd are among 



