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the condition of the water, the great 

 essential is wind. The river runs from 

 west to east, and I find either wind 

 equally good for fishing, but I notice 

 that the salmon throw themselves much 

 more freely in a westerly (downstream) 

 wind than in an easterly." 



It is the fact of its blowing upstream Explanations 

 on these east coast rivers which makes a ^ d j r . 

 it such a favourite with those who fish 

 on that side. " The wind itself, as usual 

 near the coast," writes Mr. Hall, " is apt 

 to be somewhat boisterous, half a gale 

 from the north-west, or a stiff breeze, 

 with a cloudless sky, being conditions 

 absolutely opposed to sport. A light 

 north-east wind, drawing inland with the 

 tide and moderating the heat of a July 

 sun, 1 is here the most favourable con- 

 dition of the weather that can be ex- 

 perienced. Curiously enough, the prevail- 

 ing west winds, blowing upstream in 

 similar streams on the west coast, are a 

 grievous inconvenience to anglers on the 



1 Cf. Mr. Buxton and Mr. Russell supra. 



