35^ AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



good at all seasons. In the early summer months the small 

 brown or gray gnats are taking. The Grayling shows a slight 

 preference for a fly with some white in its make-up the 

 coachman and the Beaverkill wrapped with silver tinsel are 

 killing. 



Among the favorites are the grasshoppers, yellow and 

 green, the Bee, grizzly king, royal coachman, jungle cock, 

 Montreal, Lord Baltimore, Professor, Abbey, yellow Sally, 

 etc. I have seen the Grayling rise freely to the blue dragon- 

 fly, but only on one occasion. I have since tried it with 

 very unsatisfactory results. 



I am not opposed to bait-fishing at times, and I once fished 

 for Grayling with a piece of pork. There was nothing else 

 to bait with, and I caught no fish. My companion, using 

 the same lure, was more successful, and managed to secure 

 enough for our dinner. I remember one day sitting in a 

 boat on the Manistee, in a heavy rain, and ineffectually cast- 

 ing my flies; while the man opposite, using angle-worms, 

 caught, in half an hour, nearly a score of fine fish. He was 

 a skilful Trout-fisher, and it was interesting to note the differ- 

 ence between the methods of the Grayling and those of the 

 Trout in taking a bait. The latter comes with a rush, and 

 a snap; while the former moves so carefully that it is often 

 only by the motion of the line that the angler can tell if the 

 bait has been taken. 



Some of the best Grayling streams of Michigan remain 

 such because they are difficult of access and little known; 

 and it was toward one of these, not many years ago, on a 

 calm, still September afternoon, that the writer bent his way 

 in company with a friend who shall be called John. It was 

 our first visit to that locality, and on the way we interviewed 

 a native who professed to know something of the river. 



"Wa-al," said he, biting at the end of a piece of "navy 

 plug," "the's fish enough, but yeou want ter gi'daown tew 

 three mild 'fore yeou'll find many on 'em. The river's 



