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CHAPTER VIII. 



GRASSHOPPER FISHING. 



FALLACIES ABOUT FISHING FOR GRAYLING WATER 

 FOR FISHERMAN HOD LINE CAST THE GRASS- 

 HOPPER QUILL MARK SEASONS How TO WORK 

 PLACES TO FISH WHAT IT is TAKEN FOR FISH KILLED 

 WITH IT PERCH JACK A GRASSHOPPER FOR PIKE. 



I HAVE always wondered why this style of fishing is not 

 more popular, for it is very good sport when fly can- 

 not be used, and will kill grayling on every water con- 

 taining them all over the world, in spite of all local 

 fishermen may say to the contrary. They will tell you, 

 " Oh, it has been tried here and is not the slightest use," the 

 fact being that some complete novice had once tried it 

 for about an hour or so. I have tried it on numbers of 

 streams about which I have been told this, and never 

 failed killing. Of course some waters are much better 

 adapted for it than others, and on some days you will get 



