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destroyed and washed down the river. In this 

 month, in cloudy days, pale-blue duns often appear ; 

 and they are still more common in September. 

 Throughout the summer and autumn, in fine calm 

 evenings, a large dun fly, with a pale yellow body, is 

 greedily taken by grayling after sunset; and the 

 imitation of it is very killing. In the end of October, 

 and through November, there is no fly fishing but in 

 the middle of the day, when imitations of the smaller 

 duns may be used with great success ; and I have 

 often seen the fish sport most, and fly fishing pursued 

 with the greatest success, in bright sunshine, from 

 twelve till half-past two o' clock, after severe frosts in 

 the morning; and I once caught, under these 

 circumstances, a very fine dish of fish on the 7th of 

 November. It was in the year 1816 ; the summer 

 and autumn had been peculiarly cold and wet, and, 

 probably in consequence of this, the flies were in 

 smaller quantity at their usual season, and there 

 was a greater proportion later in the year. Grayling, 

 if you take your station by the side of a river, will 

 rise nearer to you than trout, for they lie deeper, 

 and therefore are not so much scared by an object 

 on the bank; but they are more delicate in the 

 choice of their flies than trout, and will much oftener 

 rise and refuse the fly. Trout, from lying nearer the 

 surface, are generally taken before grayling, where the 



