286 A NEW BAIT FOR GRAYLING. 



tridge hackle from the back of the neck ; tail, two 

 fibres of the feather used for the wings ; rib with 

 orange or yellow silk, and for a dark day with 

 gold twist. This is also a famous trout fly, and, 

 if dressed large, will kill in lakes. 



The same authority recommends the following 

 partly artificial and partly natural bait for gray- 

 ling: the artificial portion should weigh one 

 pennyweight. It is to be dressed on the shank of 

 a No. 6 sneck-bent hook cast into lead, and covered 

 with light green silk, a split straw to be on either 

 side, ribbed with orange or yellow silk. On the 

 bend of the hook put a real grasshopper, its legs 

 clipped off at the first joints ; angle with a small 

 quill float, and keep the bait moving in the water, 

 sinking it and raising it, drawing it towards you 

 and allowing it to float from you. 



