iro THE HABITS OF THE SALMON. 



unless there is a fresh in the river, salmon do not 

 travel in the day-time, and goes on to ask whether 

 it may not be that fish feed by night and not by 

 day. As far as my experience teaches me, 

 salmon feed more by day than by night. Moreover, 

 early in the spring they appear more inclined to 

 feed from about lo a.m. to i or 1.30 p.m., and 

 again from about 3.30 p.m. to dusk than at any 

 other period of the day ; or should there be a hard 

 frost, from 3 p.m. to dusk. In frosty weather it is 

 not worth while wetting a line early in the day. 

 Later in the spring and in the summer months 

 when the weather becomes warm and bright, 

 salmon feed much earlier in the morning and later 

 in the evening. I do not know, however, that very 

 early hours are the best for fishing, as I have never 

 had very good sport before about 8 a.m. In the 

 north of Scotland and Norway, at the time of year 

 when you can see to read all night, salmon are 

 always more or less on the feed during the twenty- 

 four hours, but certainly not as well at night as 



