Inland Fisheries

7.3.8 Factors affecting fishing

The wind and the weather do affect success in trout fishing, but in a very uncertain manner. A fresh and even a strong wind is usually a good thing for the trout fisher. Trout seem to dislike haze and gloom, and they seldom respond to angling rod either in hot and hazy weather or in dull gloom. But if the air is clear and without mist the day may be as hot or as cold, as sunny or as dark. Still it may be a fine day for trout fishing. Rain is by no means against success in trout fishing. Rather, on the contrary, fish often take well in slashing storms of the rain. Even in snowstorms and thunderstorms, the trout rises well to catch the fly.