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effects on the basket mischievous. Perhaps the most 

 killing of the list are the August, Whirling, and Blue 

 Duns (light and dark) ; Silver-twist, blue ; Red and Green 

 Insects ; Willow, Orange, and Sedge or Cinnamon fly- 

 One or other of these will kill all through the season ; 

 but if the Grayling fisher will substitute for them and 

 their congeners the three flies, Yellow, Green, and Brown, 

 which I have recommended for Brown Trout {vide, frontis- 

 piece), and use them steadily throughout the season, he 

 will probably find reason to congratulate himself on the 

 exchange. 



The arguments which have been adduced on this 

 subject as applicable to Trout flies, as well as the obser- 

 vations on Trout fishing generally in streams, and how it 

 is to be done, Rod, Tackle, &c., apply equally to Grayling 

 fishing and flies. The finest possible stained gut should 

 be always used for both flies and collar. 



Comparatively few heavy Grayling are taken with the 

 fly, the haunts of the large fish being chiefly the long 

 slow-running deeps which are most unfriendly to this 

 mode of fishing. In the rapids and "stickles," small 

 Grayling may be taken, but these scours are not really 

 good either for the fly, grasshopper, or gentle. The best 

 spots for all three are steady running streams, and tails 

 of pools, for the fly about three, and for the grasshopper 

 about four feet deep. The grasshopper can, however, 

 be frequently used with advantage in water which is 

 much too slow for the fly. 



