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a still lake would, and probably does, 

 dimple the surface after the manner of 

 rain or hail. When, however, the snow 

 melts off the land, and the river is 

 thickened with the product, which fisher- 

 men call "snow-broth," a very different 

 result is noted. On the whole, and taking 

 the weight of evidence from a variety of 

 localities far apart, it may be regarded as 

 fatal to sport, and a good catch with snow- 

 broth in the water will be noted as an 

 exception. Yet it is not unknown. 



The late Lady Bridge caught a 43 Ib. Cases of good 

 autumn salmon on the fly when the meite<Tsnow 

 Spean was full of snow-water. In April in the water. 

 1881 Colonel St. Leger Moore made a 

 great basket of trout on the Liffey 

 " when the water was almost green from 

 the melted snow coming off the moun- 

 tains." In this case, it is probable that 

 the melting snow had some distance to 

 travel before reaching the spot at which 

 he was fishing, rising in temperature or 

 otherwise losing its deleterious proper- 

 ties. Mr. Champneys suggests a similar 



