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is not good, but I have had some of my 

 best days with E. wind and a cloudless 

 sky." (A. M. S. G.) 



On the whole perhaps, excepting for General 

 such lochs as lie E. and W., for rivers verdict 

 debouching on the east coast, on which 

 it is the upstream wind, the verdict is 

 against east wind. It is associated in the 

 angler's maledictions with that from the 

 north. General Dalton regards them as 

 equally bad for salmon. Mr. Holt associ- 

 ates them with the worst conditions for 

 grayling. They accept, in fact, the old 

 rhyme, which runs : 



South winds and west 

 For fishin' are best. 

 North-east and east 

 No good in the least. 



II. NORTH WIND 



The north wind is not so often on its in sea- 

 trial, and there is some lack of evidence. 

 Its chief significance is along the south 

 coast, where it is the joy of the salt-water 

 angler, since for him it means calm seas. 



