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generally favourable, more particularly after 

 drought. 



6. The presence of any large quantity of natural 

 flies on the water is usually exceedingly bad. 



7. About sunrise and sunset are commonly the 

 two best hours of the day in hot weather, as the 

 fish are then on the look-out for the flies, which 

 oftener come out at those hours than at any other. 

 In cold stormy weather, however, the converse 

 rule often holds good. 



8. As settled weather is very favourable, so 

 changeable weather generally prognosticates un- 

 certain sport. 



WHERE TO FISH. 



The best places to fish in any river are usually 

 not where there are most fish, but where they can 

 be most easily caught. These places are mode- 

 rately rapid runs ; scours, or " stickles," where the 

 water is of a medium depth, and carries a brisk 

 ripple or curl ; pools with a sharp current through 

 them ; and mill-tails, weirs, and eddies. 



Deep, stagnant, lagoon-like reaches can only be 

 fished with success when there is a good breezy 

 ripple on them. 



