CHAPTER VI 



OF FOG AND MIST 



Actual danger of fog Mr. Champneys' distinction be- 

 tween dry- and wet-fly Experience of Welsh fisher- 

 men Mr. Earl Hodgson's view Mr. Sheild and 

 others on effects of cold mist. 



I. EVIDENCE AGAINST FOG AND MIST : in trout-fishing ; in 



fishing for salmon or sea-trout. 



II. CASES OP SUCCESS With salmon Experience of Sir 



Ford North Fog in sea-fishing Grayling feed in a 

 fog; also roach Mr. Sheringham on morning and 

 evening mist Discomfort of bad weather Moral of 

 the book. 



Actual WITH a few interesting exceptions, chiefly 

 anger ^ favour of grayling and roach, corre- 

 spondents agree in condemning fog, 

 whether brooding on the mountain-tops 

 or actually lying on the surface of the 

 water, two characteristic positions that 

 are not by any means always coincident. 

 In a few districts, of course, fog may 

 actually constitute a danger even graver 



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