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spondents repudiate particular qualities, Quarter 



- .1 . . , . . . unimportant 



good or otherwise, in any wind, insisting S0 i n ga s 

 that the only important condition is that upstream. 

 it shall blow upstream. Thus : " I always 

 prefer an upstream wind, from whatever 

 quarter it blows." (C. E. M. E.) 



"The old theory of S.W. wind being 

 the best for fishing is rubbish. It does 

 not matter whether the wind is N., E., 

 S., or W., so long as it blows upstream. 

 That is the essential point." (C. G. C.) 



Miss Rotha Hollins sends me the Sport in a 

 following interesting account of a good 

 catch made in a " Helm " wind : 



" It is usually in the early part of the 

 season that things are reversed, and now 

 and then one has really good sport under 

 adverse weather conditions. In March or 

 the beginning of April, owing to the 

 scarcity of food, the fish cannot afford 

 to be so particular as later on in the 

 year when there is a plentiful supply of 

 fly on the water for them to pick and 

 choose from. 



" I remember one such day, the be- 



