OF WIND 203 



In taking leave of the subject of wind A veering 

 as an influence in fishing, it is desirable * 

 to draw attention to two important 

 points. The first is, that a wind which 

 veers all round the compass, bringing 

 with it changeable and unsettled weather, 

 is almost certain to spoil the angler's 

 chances of sport, and it is even worse 

 than if it blew steadily from an unfavour- 

 able quarter. 



The other point worth considering is, The same 

 that a wind from any particular quarter, ^J 

 which is favourable to sport in the spring seasons 

 season, may be just the reverse in autumn. 

 The resulting temperature may be re- 

 garded as responsible for the difference. 

 Mr. Buxton's instance of a bitter east 

 wind bracing trout and making them 

 hungry in the sultry weather of August 

 is a case in point Mr. Lloyd Morgan 

 communicates another interesting illustra- 

 tion of the same truth. "A south-west 

 wind," he says, " is the only one for the 

 spring fishing in the Towy, and at that 

 season of the year an east wind is simply 



