132 FISHING IN EDEN 



fly. The sport is delightful in every way, and is 

 practised in new colour surroundings, for the birch 

 leaves are then of an ivory yellow, and the beeches 

 a russet brown. 



At Christmas time a very killing method of 

 fishing for grayling is by the use of a small red 

 worm, and frosty weather is the best for this 

 purpose. A sprinkling of dry snow, and a fringing 

 of the water with thin ice are sure harbingers of 

 good sport. Wading for any length of time under 

 such conditions is no doubt a cold job, but good 

 sport can be had without wading at all. 



This can be done by floating the worm down 

 the stream below the fisherman proyided with 

 a rod with free running rings, an undressed silk 

 line, and a reel with a free drum. The gut cast 

 should be fine, but need not be more than four or 

 five feet long. I prefer tackle made up with two of 

 Hardy's No. 14 side-barbed hooks. They are 

 marked " O " on page 153 of the latest catalogue. 

 An easily adjustable float, made from a piece of 

 cork, with a short peg without rings run through 

 it to hold the line, is best. 



Taking up a position at the head of a run, the 

 float is fixed far enough above the bait to allow of 

 it swimming down six or eight inches from the 

 bottom in a medium depth of water. In deeper 



