" Do not despair. There was — alas ! that I must say there was 

 — an illustrious philosopher, who was nearly of the age of fifty 

 before he made angling a pursuit, yet he became a distinguished 

 fly-fisher." — Sir Humphry Davy. 



' ' Fly-fishing for grayling and trout are not altogether identi- 

 cal. Both are frequently found in the same water, and are to be 

 taken with the same cast of flies. Finer tackle, as a rule, is re- 

 quired in the ease of the former, as also smaller and brighter flies." 

 — David Foster. 



' ' The grayling generally springs entirely out of the water when 

 first struck by the hook, and tugs strongly at the line, requiring 

 as much dexterity to land it safely as it would to secure a trout 

 of six times the size." — Dr. Richardson. 



" Grayling will often take the fly under water, rising so quietly 

 that you will scarcely see any rise or break of the water at all. It 

 is desirable, therefore, to watch the line narrowly, and to strike 

 whenever you think it stops or checks, and you will now and then 

 be surprised, although there is no break in the water, to find a 

 good grayling on the hook. For, as is often the case with trout, 

 the big ones are very quiet risers." — Francis Francis. 



" To be a perfect fisherman you require more excellencies than 

 are usually to be found in such a small space as is allotted to a 

 man's carcass." — Parker Gilmore. 



"The trout has, so to speak, a Herculean cast of beauty; the 

 grayling rather that of an Apollo — light, delicate, and gracefully 

 symmetrical. " — H. Cholmondely-Pennell. 



