188 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



less looking day it would be difficult to 

 imagine." (R. St. L. M.) 



Lord Suffolk informs me that Mr. 

 Barker, who owns the Fairford water on 

 the Coin, has seen an occasional trout 

 taken in bitter E. wind. 



" I have had good sport with an easterly 

 wind, but, I think, always with a steady 

 or rising glass. I have been in rivers 

 where, evening after evening, at sundown 

 a N.E. wind has put nearly every fish 

 down, but I look on squally weather, 

 from whatever quarter, as the angler's 

 bete noire:' (B. G. D.-C.) 



" I once caught a salmon in the loch 

 above the river (Torridori) when the wind 

 was E., but as a rule I find even sea-trout 

 shy in such a case." (G. C.) 



" Once in a strong E. gale, with heavy 

 rain, I caught nine salmon in the Deveron 

 and rose many more. The fish ceased to 

 rise as the water became thick." (The 

 late Lady Bridge.) 



" As regards the loch-trout in Orkney, 

 E. wind is very puzzling. As a rule it 



