220 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



A Mayfly the fly-rod, once caught a fine trout in a 



trout ir 

 storm. 



violent thunderstorm at Charlton (near 



Malmesbury) on a Mayfly in June. The 

 weather is described as " fairly crackling at 

 the time," and it must have been anything 

 but encouraging to a lady to stay out in. 



On the whole, trout are considered 



more susceptible to impending thunder 



than salmon. On the occasion, already 



referred to, on which Prof. Burkitt caught 



a salmon in thundery weather in Little 



Loch Awe, the party were also fishing 



for trout, but caught very few. 



Colonel Colonel Davies - Cooke, who draws 



CooS attention to the manner in which trout are 



luck. a pt to leap and rise short, with thunder 



threatening, relates an extraordinary 



lucky day during a violent storm : 



" It hailed and rained in torrents, and 

 there was almost continuous thunder and 

 lightning. It was in June, about the 

 year 1886, and the Mayfly was on. I 

 was on the water about 9.30 A.M. and 

 started with a Mayfly and an Alder. A 

 heavy storm had been gathering all the 



