THE WEATHER 



'HE weather at times seems to have a 

 rather depressing effect upon salmon. 

 In June, when the days are cool and 

 dull, they are not as eager for the fly 

 as in bright, clear weather. To kill a salmon dur- 

 ing a thunder-storm is a feat which I have never 

 accomplished, though I have got many a good 

 ducking in trying it. I have taken fish when the 

 thunder was rolling through the heavens and a 

 little rain falling upon the pools, although the 

 storm was some distance away. But when those 

 terrific explosions burst upon you from directly 

 overhead, as if the clouds were torn asunder, and 

 fierce lightning adds new fear and danger to us 

 below at such a time I believe the salmon, like 

 other animals, including their human cousins, are 

 thinking more of their safety than of anything 

 else. Perhaps a few anglers may have braved all 

 this and killed fish, but I have never been able to 

 get a rise in a thunder-storm, and am quite sure I 

 shall never try again. Once I fished all through 



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