136 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



light. In June you are much less likely 

 than in any other month to hit upon a 

 bad day. Even the direction of the wind, 

 so important on many waters, does not 

 matter much on Lochleven. An east 

 wind, generally deplored elsewhere, is 

 welcome. Wind from the east is nearly 

 always steadier than wind from any other 

 quarter, and that is a great advantage ; 

 being interrupted by the Fife hills, it is 

 never too strong on Lochleven. In fact, 

 most of the best baskets there are made 

 when the breeze is from the east. The 

 explanation, I think, is that it is the 

 breeze with which the trout are most 

 familiar. In summer the inland atmo- 

 sphere is during daytime warmer than 

 the atmosphere on the sea ; and thus in 

 daytime the breezes tend to be from the 

 sea, which at Lochleven is on the east. 

 Therefore the anglers gathered of a 

 morning about the jetty at Kinross are 

 never vexed when they are faced with an 

 east wind. If the wind were from the 

 west, they could begin fishing immedi- 



