128 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



rise is neither a superstition nor a wilful 

 fiction. It is a fact. 



It is, however, far from being a simple 

 fact. It is one of the most perplexing of 

 the phenomena with which the trout- 

 fisher is confronted. 



The evening rise is not to be expected 

 all the season through. There is no rise 

 for a time at the beginning of the season, 

 and none for a time towards the close. 

 Throughout Great Britain the period 

 during which the evening rise may be 

 looked for varies with latitude. In the 

 south of England it begins about the 

 middle of April. The beginning, it may 

 be roughly said, becomes later and later 

 as you go north. When you have 

 reached the Tay you need not expect the 

 evening rise until near the close of May. 

 Having crossed the Grampians, you enter 

 upon what may be called a reactionary 

 set of conditions. Then the level of the 

 land begins to approximate gradually to 

 that of the Lowlands, and the time of 

 the trout-fishing season in the far north 



