a severe storm, when I knew the pool was full of 

 fish, bnt not a fin of them would rise to take the 

 fly; while just before and immediately after the 

 storm I had splendid sport. It must be the jar as 

 well as the sound of thunder which frightens them. 



Easterly winds are not considered particularly 

 favorable for sport, although I have killed many a 

 salmon when it was blowing that way. A bright, 

 clear morning in June, with the wind from th<> 

 south, is the best of all ; but in July our prayers 

 are for rain from the west or south. A very heavy 

 downfall is not good, because the big drops hit the 

 water so forcibly as to make large bubbles, and 

 these prevent salmon from seeing the fly. I may 

 err in saying that salmon do not see the fly amid 

 the large bubbles, but I have never had a rise 

 when this condition prevailed. It is an old saying 

 among the natives, "Much mist on the river, no 

 salmon. 19 I have not always found this true ; often 

 when there has been a very dense fog my canoe 

 has done remarkably well f do not think heavy 

 mists improve our chances during the first part of 

 June, for then the warmer and clearer the days the 

 better the sport Later in the season cool, dull 

 days are preferable; and a little mist does no harm. 

 This has been my experience. 



It was an afternoon in July; the day had been 

 extremely mild until about four o'clock, when the 

 balmy breeze from the west suddenly changed to a 



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