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Almost always, if the storm has been 

 thorough and accompanied by much rain, 

 they give good sport for a considerable 

 time after the storm has passed." 



Mr. Sydney Buxton's view is that a Mr. Sydney 

 thunderstorm clears the air and cheers up 

 the trout. In illustration of its beneficial 

 effect on chalk-stream fishing, he quotes 

 the following : 



"One day, a year or two ago, quite 

 early in September, fishing in the Itchen 

 in a N.E. wind, there had been up to 

 5 o'clock neither rise, fly, nor fish. There 

 came up a sudden thunderstorm, with 

 heavy rain, lasting for about l^ hours. 

 During that time I rose, hooked and 

 lost several fish. They rose very short. 

 Directly the storm ceased, the fish also 

 ceased to rise absolutely. The record 

 bag on this fishing was, I believe, made 

 some years ago on a day of prolonged 

 thunderstorms. " 



Dr. Cheadle, writing of the same 

 method and locality, considers that trout 

 rise better after than during the storm. 



