26 FLY-FISHING. 



SEA FLY-FISHING FOR BASS. 



The bass will take any gaudy fly very boldly. 

 Your casting-line should be of twisted gut, and your 

 tackle very strong, as the bass is a very powerful fish. 

 On the south-west coast of England, I have taken 

 them with the fly, as large as fourteen pounds. The 

 fly is thrown as in trout-fishing. At low water, and 

 near the mouth of a river, try for them near the edges 

 of the weeds and long grass. A boat is generally 

 necessary for this purpose. 



GRAY MULLET. 



Gray mullet will take a small fly : fish for them 

 near the mouth of a river, when the tide is beginning 

 to flow, at which time they occasionally come in with 

 the tide in large shoals. 



PERCH. 



Although this is not a sea-fish, it is often to be 

 found at the lower parts of rivers, where the tide 

 mixes with the fresh water ; and you will find that a 

 small flat fish, not quite so large as a halfpenny, is a 

 capital bait for them. I have also taken them with a 

 gaudy salmon-fly, by sinking the fly and occasionally 

 suddenly drawing it quickly. 



