How the Wind affects Fishing. 97 



wind and current, remain almost stationary on the 

 surface and tempt the trout to rise at them. On 

 the other hand, a strong wind blowing down-stream 

 will combine with the current to hurry them along 

 too rapidly for fish to seize them as they pass. In 

 the former case, the flies will be wafted into the 

 eddies, banks, and necks of pools, and it is over 

 these that the casts ought to be made. In the latter 

 case, it can only be in sheltered reaches where any 

 flies will be found ; the most of them indeed will 

 be blown off the water altogether. In the absence 

 of wind, and in a " small " water, the angler should 

 fish the streams off the channel side, passing up 

 from stream to stream, and casting to the bank 

 where all the large trout are then lying. To fish 

 from a high bank in such circumstances would 

 endanger his success by exposing him more to the 

 view of the fish than by wading from the channel ; 

 but if the bank is low, I fish as frequently from it 

 as from the other side. 



The angler will thus see that the direction of 

 the wind is a most important consideration in 

 determining where he should fish, since it deter- 

 mines very much where the fish lie. Where the 

 wind has carried the flies, there will the trout be 

 found feeding on them, and there may the angler 

 most reasonably expect success. So important do 

 I consider this, that I should lay down as the first 



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