OF FOG AND MIST 237 



days. This qualification suggests, in 

 view of what was said in earlier chapters 

 of the advantage of wind, rain, or hail in 

 imparting a ripple to the surface, that 

 the extreme stillness commonly associated 

 with a fog may in part be responsible for 

 the indifferent sport enjoyed by fly- 

 fishermen under such conditions. 



The most remarkable experience of 

 successful salmon fishing in a fog is com- 

 municated by Sir Ford North, who writes 

 as follows : 



"YOU know how fatal to SUCCeSS in Experience of 



fishing a mist is supposed to be. I have 

 often found this to be so, to my cost, 

 in a prolonged experience. One morning, 

 early in October, about 9 A.M., I went 

 down to fish my water on the Spey. 

 There was a very dense mist all round, 

 with a frosty air, though, looking up- 

 wards, the sky seemed bright, as if the 

 mist would clear in an hour or so and 

 leave a fine day. When my rod and 

 line were ready, I did not dream of 

 beginning to fish till the mist cleared 



