CHAPTER II 



THE WIND 



A Breeze Desirable — West and South Winds Gener- 

 ally Favourable — Lochleven and Other Excep- 

 tions Explained — Trout Not Quite "Cold- 

 blooded" — Direction of Wind does Not 

 Always Determine Temperature — Anti-cyclonic 

 Draughts — Why do the Trout Keep Down ? — 

 Want of Wind not In Itself the Cause — A 

 Theory of Breeze and Ripple — Evidences in its 

 Favour — Thunderstorms — The Freshened Air 

 — Lake -fishing Not Coarse Work — Dyed Gut a 

 Mistake — Wind More Important on Lakes than 

 on Streams — A Resource in Storm. 



What of the wind ? Is it high, or low, 

 or moderate ? Is it from the west or 

 from the south ? Is there in it a touch 

 of east or north ? 



These are the queries of the angler as 

 he looks out upon the morning of a day 

 to be spent in pursuit of trout. Saving 



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