172 SALMONIA. 



I see some yellow flies beginning to come 

 out; they have already felt the influence of 

 the warm air: and look! a fish has just risen 

 opposite that bank, and has risen again: let 

 us prepare our tackle. 



Poiet. — What flies shall we employ. 



Hal.- — I recommend at least three ; for 

 the grayling lies deeper and is not so shy a 

 fish as the trout; and, provided your link is 

 fine, is not apt to be scared by the cast of 

 flies on the water. The fineness of the link 

 and of the guts to which your flies are at- 

 tached, is a most essential point, and the 

 clearer the stream the finer should be the 

 tackle. I have known good fishermen foiled 

 by using a gut of ordinary thickness, though 

 their fly was of the right size and colour. 

 Very slender transparent gut of the colour 

 of the water is one of the most important 

 causes of success in grayling fishing. Let 

 me see your hook : I will select a fine 

 stretcher. Now, for the lowest fly, use a 

 yellow-bodied fly, with red hackle for legs, 

 and landrail's wing: for the second, a blue 

 dun, with dun body; and for the highest, 

 the claret coloured body, with blue wings; 



