GRILSE 117 



killed as small as 2 Ib. and as large as 7 lb. 

 We have had lying on the grass at the same 

 time a salmon of 6 lb. and a grilse of 7 lb., 

 the distinction between the two fish being un- 

 mistakable. I agree with Sir Herbert Max- 

 well (" Salmon and Sea Trout," p. 253) that 

 it is often difficult to tell the difference be- 

 tween a small salmon and a large grilse. In- 

 deed, many fish of 4 and 5 lb. have looked 

 to me very much like salmon. But on the 

 other hand there are individuals in which the 

 accepted points of difference are very strongly 

 marked. There can be little doubt that most 

 of the larger grilse are killed in the fjord nets, 

 while many of the smaller fish struggle through, 

 and bear with them the mark of the mesh. 

 This is a pity, as the destruction of the finest 

 and strongest specimens of the race in their 

 youth must tend to its deterioration. The 

 present agitation to reduce the size of the mesh 

 can hardly fail to aggravate this evil, and it is 

 the interest of all English anglers in Norway 

 to aid Herr Landmark, the fishery inspector, 

 in his opposition to the measure, by supplying 

 him with the details he asks for of net-markings 

 on the grilse they kill. 



