GRAYLING FISHING. 89 



and line recommended for worm-fishing for 

 Trout will be found to answer the purpose 

 excellently. 



As a rule, fish caught with the grasshopper are 

 twice as large as those caught with the fly. Sep- 

 tember, October, November, and December are the 

 best months, and the best days are usually quiet 

 warm days succeeding frosty nights in fact, 

 grasshopper-fishing never fairly gets into play until 

 after the first sharpish frost. From about eight 

 A.M. until four P.M. is commonly the best time of 

 day. I have been informed that grasshopper- 

 fishing was first introduced into Shropshire about 

 forty-five years ago by the late Mr. Jones, fisher- 

 man, of Ludlow ; whose son, also residing in Lud- 

 low, is, or was when I last fished with him, as 

 deadly a Grayling-killer as I ever met. 



GENTLE-FISHING. 



Before the introduction of the artificial grass- 

 hopper, it was the custom, in Shropshire at any 

 rate, to fish for Grayling with gentles only for bait 

 and ground-bait, used in the same manner as we 

 now use them for Roach, and with similar tackle. 

 Fished in the " Nottingham style" they will still be 

 found a very killing bait. 



