1 76 Fly Fishing for Grayling, 



this fishing on the Teme without a longing 

 desire to try his hand and visit such valleys and 

 such a river. 



The peculiarities of the fish, also, his sudden 

 mode of rising, and as sudden disappearance, 

 almost startles one. Unlike the trout, who, when 

 feeding, lies near the surface, the grayling lies 

 almost at the bottom of the river, and ascends and 

 descends with such rapidity that should he miss his 

 prey he appears more like a shadow than a sub- 

 stance. He is also a bold and fearless riser and 

 will come again and again. 



" Unabashed will dare, 

 Baulked e'er so oft, the disappointed snare, 

 Simple and bold." 



The finest of tackles, the smallest of flies, 

 the lightest of hands to cast the fly, and the 

 tenderest of handling when you have hooked the 

 fish, are necessary if you wish to become a success- 

 ful grayling fisher. 



It is also a fishing per se. It comes on at a time 

 when fly-fishing for trout is going out, when the 

 hillsides and woods and valleys are decked with 

 all the glories of autumn. The fish are in perfec- 

 tion in September and October, and no fish is more 

 beautiful than a grayling in full season, with his 



