194 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



from the west, which was, however, its pre- 

 valent quarter during the winter months. 

 Note by sir How essential to sport a W. wind 

 - ry ' mav be for some rivers is evident from 

 a note sent by Sir Henry Seton - Karr 

 on a certain pool, which he knows well, 

 below Ballyshannon Bridge, on the Irish 

 Erne . . . "which is worth a long day's 

 journey to fish, provided only the weather 

 conditions are favourable. It is always 

 well stocked with salmon from June to 

 the end of September, when the rod- 

 fishing closes, but it is only worth and 

 well worth fishing in a strong westerly 

 breeze, even a gale, when there is a wave 

 a foot high on the pool. It is, under 

 these conditions, hard work getting out 

 the line, but the salmon then take the 

 fly, dashing through the wave with a 

 freedom that they show under no other 

 circumstances. I can only infer that this 

 particular state of the water imparts some 

 peculiar attraction to the appearance of 

 the fly, which the salmon find it difficult 

 to resist." 



