As a matter of fact, his satisfaction is 

 tempered with other feelings, for better 

 sport is as a rule enjoyed with ground- 

 fish during a gentle breeze from the south- 

 west, as in it the fish feed better and 

 also congregate more on the inshore 

 rocks and other grounds, whereas a strong 

 off-shore breeze from the N. is very apt 

 to drive them out into the deeper water. 

 an When we come to think of it, a N. 



uncommon wmd> pure an( j una l] O yed by a touch of 



E. or W., is about the least common of 



all. The intervening winds, such as 



N.E. and N.W., are more usual, and 



they will be considered in this place, as 



their influence on fishing is in great 



measure due to the element of N. 



N.E. wind As a ru l e > a N.E. wind is, if anything, 



usually even considered worse for fishing than E. As 



worse than E. 



Lord Granby puts it : " Any wind which 

 has any amount of N. in it is the worst 

 possible one in which to go trout fishing. 

 The more N. it is, the worse." 



" In Banffshire rivers, a northerly wind 

 spoils both fly- and worm-fishing." (J. C.) 



