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CHAPTER IV. 



GRAYLING. 



WALTON ON OTHER AUTHORS PLAY OF STRIKING 

 SHOT GRAYLING FENCE TIMES SEASONS FOR A LARGE 

 FISH WINTER FISHING CAPRICIOTJSNESS OF TROUT 

 GRAYLING FISHING COMPARED CAST WATER How 

 TO FISH FOR HABITS OF GRAYLING EIVERS TAKING 

 MINNOW. 



IN the second part of " Walton's Angler," Piscator is. 

 made to remark about this fish that he is one of the 

 deadest hearted fishes in the world, and the bigger he is,, 

 the more easily taken ; but had Piscator . killed the six- 

 teen-inch grayling that was the subject of this remark, 

 on very fine tackle, and with the pliant fly-rod of the 

 present day, he would have given a very different account 

 of the fish's fighting powers. 



The habits of this fish are very decided ones, and yet 

 several of the writers of the present day, when writing on 

 the subject, show a curious ignorance regarding them. 



