an introduction to the whole subject of 

 fishermen's weather. 



Mr. Sydney The opinion of a very experienced dry- 

 experience, fty fisherman is of interest in this place, 

 by way of showing that even the much- 

 blamed east wind may bring luck in its 

 train. Mr. Sydney Buxton, having 

 admitted that he prefers a S.W. to an E. 

 wind, adds : " However, an incident on 

 the Itchen, late in last season (1905), has 

 rather shaken my theory and belief. 

 Arriving one evening, in the middle of 

 August (16th), I found raging a 'beasterly 

 easterly ' wind. I execrated my luck, for 

 only once that season had 1 enjoyed a 

 S.W. wind, and it did seem hard that in 

 August I should still be pursued by a 

 downstream wind. The following day 

 was very bright, and, sure enough, the 

 east wind was still there, though fortu- 

 nately not heavy. But something possessed 

 the trout, perhaps the August E. wind 

 braced them up. 1 



1 Mr. Russell writes that, although E. wind is considered 

 bad on the west side of Scotland, he has caught trout freely 



