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we need not look for great baskets of them from a 

 clear water after the month of July ; but grayling 

 will continue to accept the bait freely in a low 

 clear water during autumn, even when trout will 

 have none of it. In spring, too, with the river in 

 a similar condition, the worm will do great things 

 among them by those who have trout to protect 

 and grayling to kill ; but the best baskets and for 

 the lover of grayling alone, the best policy will 

 be his who follows the " sport " in the later months. 

 Another bait for which grayling show a decided 

 liking is the caddis. When it is in season, from 

 April to July, it is an almost unfailing recipe for a 

 good creel. Nor must we forget the creeper, for 

 the grayling ever look on it with favour ; indeed 

 and this shows the fish they prefer it to the 

 May-fly. 



Grayling will take trout-flies more or less during 

 all the season, but, speaking generally, the autumn 

 months are the best. If the sun shine at mid- 

 day but we give this hint for those only who, 

 though they may not love grayling less, yet love 

 trout more grayling will rise freely to the fly even 

 in the middle of December. Captain St John Dick 

 tells us that "they do not feed at all at night." 

 Well, they may be somnambulists for aught we 

 know, or they may be oftener " drinking success to 

 the May-fly " than Mr Francis suspects ; but I can 



