The Grayling 



bodies. Other useful flies are gray drake, 

 gray coflin, and the various duns. Four of 

 the most successful grayling flies in England 

 are the witch, Bradshaw's fancy, green in- 

 sect and red tag, samples of which were sent 

 to me by one of the best grayling fishers of 

 that country. They were tied on the small- 

 est hooks made, Nos. 16 to 20. All have 

 harl bodies, very plump, with tags of red 

 worsted, and hackles of various shades of 

 silver gray, except Walbran's red tag, 

 which has brown hackle. Mr. Howarth, 

 an old English fly-tier, of Florissant, Colo- 

 rado, is an adept at tying grayling flies. 



For bait-fishing the fly-rod and click reel O utfit for Bait 



t >ii it* i Fishing 



mentioned will answer, as the bait used is 

 very light. The line should be of braided 

 silk, undressed, size H, with a leader of 

 three or four feet. Snelled hooks, size Nos. 

 7 to 9, are about right. The best bait is 

 the " rock worm," as it is called in Mon- 

 tana, which is the larva of a caddis fly 

 encased in an artificial envelope of minute 

 bits of stick, or grains of fine gravel. Other 

 baits are earthworms, grubs, crickets, grass- 



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