88 GRAYLING FISHING. 



line and is shifted according to the average depth 

 of the water fished. 



A run will of course be perceived as the bait is 

 being drawn up, when a smart stroke should be 

 given, and the fish held tightly. Otherwise from 

 its non-fighting propensities a large Grayling is 

 very likely to get off : the hook also is a good deal 

 encumbered with gentles. When first struck, the 

 larger Grayling appear to me to fight as an eel 

 does pulling tail backwards, instead of running 

 down, or away head first as other fish generally 

 do ; and I hardly ever remember seeing a hooked 

 Grayling spring out of water. 



The best spots for grasshopper-fishing have 

 already been described. Where the water is deep 

 enough, a short line worked almost perpendicularly 

 near the bank will be found most successful ; but 

 by throwing out a considerable distance, excellent 

 water otherwise inaccessible can often be reached. 

 The cast may be made over hand like a fly to a 

 distance of some ten yards, but care must be taken 

 to allow the line to spread well behind, or other- 

 wise the bait will perform various eccentric flights 

 into the water or bushes. A longish light rod, say 

 fourteen or fifteen feet, is most convenient for 

 grasshopper-fishing : and the " General Rod," reel r 



