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who can command success among large carps (for I look 

 upon the young ones in a very .different light), must pos- 

 sess several qualifications extremely valuable to the angler, 

 and bids fair, by general practice, to be, according to the 

 old saying, " able to teach his mastfer^" 

 1 ought to state, that one author directs-' green pease, a 

 little boiled, as a bait for the carp : not having tried, that 

 lure, I cannot speak as to its merits. 



Of the Grayling y or Gray Trout, or Umoer. 



I cannot bonst of any great intimacy with this fish, 

 not having had so much access to it as to other kinds, 

 owing to the grayling being found only in particular 

 rivers. Such, however, as I have caught, gave me the 

 opportunity of making some essential remarks ; and local 

 information has supplied me with sufficient, I trust, to 

 answer the purpose of my reader. 



' This fish grows to about four pounds, though they 

 average about two ; they are keen- after the double- 

 ~ winged Jly, as also after the Hack-spinner, and the J\Iay~ 

 fly, both grey and yellow, when in season. They are 

 not however strong, nor do they struggle nearly so much 

 as the trout. They are best suited by a hook No. 6, their 

 mouths not being quite so large as their size should indi~ 

 . cate : the line should be very fine. When you have a 

 bite, give a little time, and strike gently ; for their lips 

 are rather tender. 



Angle at the bottom without a float, baiting with cad- 

 lates, gentles, salmo?fs roe, or very small blood- worms. 

 They are very fond of nibbling away the bait, unless .it 

 can be taken into die mouth with ease : but they will 

 pouch it readily when it is so. 



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