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much to myself; and by using very fine tackle, 

 and wading under bushes where the fish had 

 probably never even seen an artificial fly, I had 

 capital sport, seldom failing to fill my basket, 

 which holds about seventeen pounds of fish. 

 I usually fished with three flies, the red-ant, 

 fern, and orange -tail ;* and I will venture to 

 back them during those two months against all 

 the combinations of feather, fur, and silk, ever 



put together And now having given 



you a hint about flies, I will tell you a secret or 

 two about making use of them, which is of much 

 greater importance. You will always see any 

 person who is a stranger to grayling fishing, 

 and I may add, many who have fished for them 

 all their lives, when the water is very low and 

 clear, immediately betake themselves to the 

 streams and curls, from the idea that the fish 

 will see your line in the dead water. Let them 

 do so ; they will perhaps catch a few trout, and 

 some shett grayling. But go yourself to a 

 deep, dead part of the river, never mind if there 

 is no wind) or if the sun is hot ; use the finest 

 gut you can procure (even if you give a guinea 

 a knot for it), and two flies; and when you 

 have thrown your line as light as gossamer, let 



* Body, green dubbing, mixed with a little yellow j a 

 tuft of orange silk or worsted for tail ; made buzz with 

 light-blue hackle. 



