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CRAY LINO. — NORTIIEEN MICHIGAN. 



gun river, weighing two pounds. In the Au Sable, the 

 hirgest caught in 1879, up to tlie date we were there, 

 wa.'^ eigiiteen inclies long and weighing one pound and 

 eight ounces. A pound grayling, measuring fifteen inches, 

 was taken by a party which we met at the hotel. One of 

 sexcnteen inches in length weighed one pound and seven 

 ounces. 1'lie average weight of 950 fi.sli taken by the party 

 was one-third of a pound each. 



1 am iii(lel>ted to Mv. JelTerson Wiley, of Detroit, INIich. 

 for a copy of the tisliing record (which I give l)elow)ma(l( 

 In the company referred to, as well as for much other 

 valualile information about grayling and their cai)ture. 



KECOED, SIX days' GRAYLING FISHING. 



]Mr. Wiley w^as the only expert tTsherman of the numl)ei', 

 and they all fished with moderation. 



Grayling take the My with great eagerness when feeding, 

 but, like trout, .sometimes " play " al)Out the lure in frolic- 

 some leaps. When in earnest, tlie}^ rush and lea]) Avith all 

 the vigor and (piickness of the trout, seize the lly almost 

 unerringly and firmly, hooking themselves. They respond 

 to the first cast or two; and, if they miss, jump two or 

 three times, even when near the boat, before abandoning 



