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always more difficult to locate them. I have killed a far 

 greater number in the smoother portion of a pool than in 

 the rougher water, but I have killed them on the wet fly 

 on the most rapid portions of deep runs in such rivers as the 

 Warg, the Vecla, and other European waters, and at a time 

 when they appeared to be untakable on the quieter portions 

 of the same river. 



When on the feed grayling appear to be less discriminating 

 as regards the appearance and movements of the flies 

 presented to them than trout, for though they seem at times 

 to have a strong partiality for a certain fly, or certain flies, 

 they do not seem to be " put down " if the fly or flies 

 presented to them are brought to their notice in a manner 

 which would effectually put down a trout. 



When in smooth water they are best taken on the dry 

 fly fished up-stream, and two or three dry flies can without 

 fear of scaring them, and with considerable success, be 

 attached to a nine foot cast. Small flies are most commonly 

 used, but it is quite a mistake to think that the grayling's 

 mouth is not capable of taking the largest size of a trout 

 hook ; I have found it by no means a bad plan to put on 

 as a tail fly a Wickham or Olive Blue Dun on a No. i size 

 hook, a Red Tag on a No. o hook, and a Green Insect on a 

 oo hook. Fish them as dry flies up a pool, and then down 

 the same pool partly as wet and partly as dry flies. 



The disadvantage of fishing down stream is that only one 

 grayling in about every four that rise seems to be secured. 



I was fishing on the Tanat not long ago, down stream, 

 with a somewhat similar arrangement of flies on my cast to 

 that given above, and found myself missing grayling after 

 grayling as they rose to my flies, but on getting to the 

 bottom of the pool in which I had only succeeded in hooking 

 one fish I dried my cast and fished upstream, only missing 

 two rising fish, and securing no less than eight others. 



