Favorite Fish and Fishing 



fishing late in August, in the West Fork of 

 the Madison River, and in Beaver Creek 

 in the upper canon of the Madison, in Mon- 

 tana. The upper Madison is an ideal home 

 for grayling, the stream being clear and 

 swift with a bottom of black obsidian sand. 

 Fiy-Fishing Fly-fishing for grayling differs consider- 



ably from trout fishing. The trout usually 

 lies concealed, except when on the riffles, 

 while the grayling lies at the bottom of 

 exposed pools. When the fly is cast on the 

 surface the trout dashes at it from his lair 

 with a vim; or if below it, he often rises 

 clear of the water in his eagerness to seize 

 it. Should the fly be missed, another at- 

 tempt will not be made again for some little 

 time, if at all. The grayling rises to the 

 fly from the bottom of the pool to the sur- 

 face with incredible swiftness, but makes no 

 commotion in doing so. Should it fail to 

 seize the fly it returns toward the bottom, 

 but soon essays another attempt, and will 

 continue its efforts until finally the fly is 

 taken into its mouth. From this it is evi- 

 dent that the grayling is not as shy as the 

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