[VFB] Quote

[Richard Zieger]

"An east wind is popularly regarded as an unfavorable wind for fishing, but it is not necessarily so,.  the opinion is of English origin, for in the humid climate of Great Britain an east  wind is exceedingly raw,chilly, and disagreeable, and is held to be productive of all manner of evils, being particularly dreaded by suffers of rheumatism, neuralgia, or gout.  The anglers of England, of course, share in this common detestation of and east wind,and this prejudice is clearly shown by British writers on angling, from whom most of our ideas on fishing were formerly derived. But is only after such a wind has prevailed for several days, so as to lower the temperatures of inland waters, that it, in any way, affects the 'biting' of fish.  This, no doubt, is often the case in Great Britain, and has led to the erroneous supposition that an east wind, under any and all circumstances, is most unfavorable for the angler; and this idea, has to a great extent, been tacitly accepted to apply to our own country as well."   "Book Of The Black Bass"  Dr  Henshall   Rick