144 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



From about eight A.M. until four P.M. is commonly the 

 best time of day. I have been informed that grass- 

 hopper-fishing was first introduced into Shropshire 

 about forty-five years ago by the late Mr. Jones, fisher- 

 man, of Ludlow ; whose son, also residing in Ludlow, is, 

 or was when I last fished with him, as deadly a Grayling- 

 killer as I ever met. 



Gentle-Fishing. 



Before the introduction of the artificial grasshopper, it 

 was the custom, in Shropshire at any rate, to fish for 

 Grayling with gentles only for bait and ground-bait, 

 used in the same manner as we now use them for Roach, 

 and with similar tackle. Fished in the 

 " Nottingham style" they will still be found 

 a very killing bait {vide Chapter on Roach- 

 fishing). 



In the above and every description of 

 gentle-fishing a tin box like that shown in 

 the engraving, with a tray in front of the 

 opening, and which can be suspended from 

 the button-hole, will be found a really great practical 

 convenience and saving of time. This box was, I 

 believe, the ingenious invention of Messrs. Dawson, 

 Bell Yard, Temple Bar. 



