at once, although the surface of the water 

 may be strewn with half-drowned flies." 



I. EVIDENCE AGAINST FOG AND MIST 



in trout Whatever the causes, whether the 

 fishing; di rec t; result of a fall in temperature 

 or some more subtle influence that we 

 know nothing of, fog is regarded by most 

 trout-fishermen as detrimental to success. 

 This is the view taken by Lord Granby, 

 Mr. Barrington, and many others. Of 

 Swedish trout, Admiral Kennedy writes : 

 " If there is mist on the mountains, or 

 rising from the water, the fish retire at 

 once, and the sportsman may just as well 

 do likewise." Similarly, of Norway and 

 Lapland, Dr. Baker says : " The rise 

 stops directly the mist reaches the water. 

 Even when mist is on the mountains, 

 high above the water, the rise is poor." 



Colonel Davies-Cooke considers that 

 " sport is ended when fog or mist comes 

 creaming over the mountain-tops." 



"The white mists," writes Mr. Gallichan, 



