Every veteran angler has his "superstitions". Some think it is time wasted to fish when "the wind is from the south." But, be that as it may, if a bait is dragged under a fish's nose, when he is hungry, it does not make any difference to him which way the wind is blowing.

Brook trout don't necessarily take bait any the less eagerly because "The sun is shining"?provided you keep out of their sight and they don't see the glint of your rod, or its shadow on the water. For these reasons your catch is likely to be bigger on a cloudy day.

The salmon cares not whether it be cloudy or fair, or misty or cold, but he does have his preference for the deeps when the surface water is warm. A little sprinkle of rain makes the fish sit up and take notice and a shower will often be followed by active biting. After the downfall of an hour or more, however, the novelty seems to wear off and you might as well go back to camp and get into dry clothes.

In bright sunshine with the surface like a mill pond, the black bass will not be very much interested in anything you have to offer him, either on your fly leader or in "plug" or still fishing.

Moreover, all varieties of fresh water fish have to be coaxed and coddled more in the early spring than later on. The water is ice cold then and they have not fully awakened from their winter numbness. In June the healthy trout, salmon and bass fight like bull dogs.

The consensus of opinion among successful anglers seems to be that the weather conditions have less to do with the number of fish caught than is popularly believed. It is pretty generally agreed among those who have observed, that if you can place your lure in sight of a fish during its periodic feeding mood, it will take it, whether the weather be fair, cloudy, calm, or breezy, and they further agree that if a fish is not hungry you cannot make him swallow the bait, under 'the most favorable weather conditions," so called.

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