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secure mode of taking them the pool having 

 heen previously baited for the purpose of 

 angling, by throwing in a handful or two a few 

 minutes before. Prepared salmon spawn or 

 roe is, apparently on account of the strong 

 fishy smell it emits, an excellent bait for 

 grayling. 



In fishing for grayling, you may use as many 

 as four flies at a time on your casting-line ; for 

 that fish lies deeper, and is not so shy a fish as 

 the trout, and, provided the gut be fine, is not 

 apt to be scared by the cast of the flies on the 

 water. Very slender transparent gut of the 

 colour of the water, is one of the most impor- 

 tant causes of success in grayling fishing. A 

 trout generally lies near the surface of the 

 water, and sucks in the flies as they sail down 

 by him, which a grayling scarcely ever does. 

 He rises rapidly from the bottom or middle of 

 the water on the contrary darting upwards ; 

 and having seized his fly, sinks rapidly to his 

 station. This habit, however, is not invariable ; 

 for we have sometimes seen trout feed like 

 grayling, and vice versa ; but neither of these 

 fish emits bubbles of air in rising, as dace and 

 chub do. In playing the grayling, it is neces- 

 sary to use a very light hand, and never to 

 play him against the stream if it be at all rapid; 

 for the flesh of the mouth is extremely tender 



