Most of us fish when we can get time off, not because it's known as the best time to catch anything. That said, here's the traditional folklore on when your chances are best to go out angling:

• One hour before and after high tides, and one hour before and after low tides;
• When the barometer is steady or on the rise;
• When there is a hatch of flies;
• When the water is still or rippled, rather than during a wind;
• Starting on the day the moon is new and continuing through the day it is full.

Source: The Old Farmer's Almanac