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river. In this month, on cloudy days, pale- 

 blue duns frequently appear; and they are still 

 more common in September. Throughout the 

 summer and autumn, on fine calm evenings, a 

 large dun fly, with a pale-yellow body, is greedily 

 taken by grayling after sunset; and a good 

 imitation is, consequently, very killing. In the 

 end of October, and through November, there 

 is no fly-fishing but in the middle of the day, 

 when imitations of the smaller duns may be 

 used with success ; the best sport is to be ob- 

 tained, in bright sunshine, from twelve till half- 

 past two o'clock. Grayling, if you take your 

 station by the side of a river, will rise nearer to 

 you than trout, for they lie deeper, and, there- 

 fore, are not so readily scared by an object on 

 the bank ; but they are more delicate in the 

 choice of their flies than trout, and will much 

 oftener rise and refuse the fly. Trout, from 

 lying nearer the surface, are generally taken 

 before grayling, where the water is slightly 

 coloured, or after a flood ; and in rain trout 

 usually rise better than grayling, though it 

 sometimes happens, when great quantities of 

 flies come out in rain, grayling, as well as trout, 

 are taken with more certainty than at any other 

 time ; the artificial fly, in such cases, looks like 

 a wet fly, and allures even the grayling, that 



