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of thick weather. One occasion I recall, 

 however, in the estuary of the river Teign, 

 where we were perfectly safe one June 

 morning, bass fishing just within the bar, 

 for the simple reason that no tug or other 

 vessel would dare to run in or out of that 

 narrow waterway until the fog lifted. 

 During a thick fog off the moor, which 

 completely enveloped banks less than fifty 

 yards on either side of the boat, there 

 was a mad rise of bass all over the water, 

 and I succeeded in catching a number 

 of small "herring-size" fish on the fly- 

 one of the few occasions on which I have 

 tried that method, as I fish as a rule for 

 the bigger bass, and these take only the 

 living sand-eel. I can also remember 

 making a great catch of whiting off the 

 Eddystone Lighthouse while anchored 

 in an impenetrable fog. 



The grayling appears at times to feed Grayling feed 

 in spite of fog. Mr. Sheringham includes " 

 it with pike and perch among those fish 

 that are not invariably put down by foggy 

 weather; and Mr. Holt remarks on the 



