CHAPTER V 



OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 



Danger of lightning Depressing effect of thunder in 

 the air Weather-lore in men and fishes Storms 

 follow waterways. 



I. SALMON AND SEA-THOUT Salmon rise during the storm : 



in the Torridon ; in the Slaney ; in the North Tyne 

 and Irish Erne ; in the Spey ; in the Blackwater ; in 

 Canada ; with thunder threatening ; in the Bandon 

 River Evidence against thunder Thunder good for 

 eel fishing. 



II. BROWN TROUT Mr. Earl Hodgson's view Mr. Sydney 



Buxton's experience Other opinions Sport in the 

 Wansbeck ; in the Add A Mayfly trout in a storm 

 Colonel Davies-Cooke's luck In the Blackwater and 

 Blackadder Sir George Brown's experience Light- 

 ning in the Black Forest ; in the Belgian Ardennes ; 

 in Norway The Thames trout Mr. Rolt on grayling 

 and roach Sir Henry Pottinger's view. 



THERE is, as might be expected, some Danger of 

 little difficulty in obtaining great variety 

 of information touching the effects of 

 thunderstorms on sport, owing to the 

 marked preference which most fishermen 



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