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also, by blowing in a direction contrary 

 to the run of the water, makes a better 

 ripple. 



" Excepting in the dusk and at night," views of Mr. 



. . m .- TI i T-r i i Hodgson and 



writes Mr. Jkarl Hodgson, "wind is sir Samuel 



desirable on lakes and on the flat parts Montagu. 



of streams. Otherwise, it is not in itself, 



I think, a cause of either good or bad 



sport. It is only a symptom of the cause, 



or of some of the causes. For example, 



a wind such as that which often comes 



before thunder is no use at all, and, as 



has been indicated, the absence of wind 



at nightfall, and until the dawn, is not a 



disadvantage." 



Sir Samuel Montagu, writing with 

 reference to his fishery on the Itchen, 

 confirms the absence of significance of 

 wind per se. Unless accompanied by hail 

 or heavy rain, he says that it has no appre- 

 ciable effect on sea-trout fishing in that 

 water. 



It is, in fact, manifestly impossible to 

 lay down any law as to the best or worst 

 wind for any particular fish or mode of 



