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will be found crammed with the fly, and oozing out of the 

 sides. 



Gorge or Gorge Hook is made by having either 

 one or two good-sized hooks fastened to a length of stout 

 gut, light wire, or gimp. This is carried down through the 

 body of the bait either a dace, bleak, or gudgeon and, 

 drawing the hooks close against the sides of the mouth, the 

 bare end of the gut or wire is caught through the tail, and 

 may be lashed with a few turns of thread to prevent it 

 slipping. It has a loop on it, to which the trace is attached, 

 and may be used as spinning bait. 



Grayling", The (Thymallus vulgar is), is a very 

 handsome fish of the family of the salmonidse, and of a 

 genus distinguished from salmon trout, &c., by having a 

 smaller mouth, much smaller teeth, and a greater size of 

 dorsal fin. It seldom exceeds fifteen to sixteen inches in 

 length, and is of elegant proportions. The head is small. 



THE GRAYLING. 



The colour of the back is a bluish grey, inclining to silver 

 towards the belly. The spots are arranged across the 

 dorsal fin. There are several black spots and dusky streaks 

 on the back. This fish is found in many of the streams in 

 the midland and southern counties of England, and in the 

 Clyde in Scotland ; but not in Ireland. It is very fond of 



