222 THE GRAYLING. 



They are to him as the pabulum of beer and 

 whisky to the average man. The grayling is 

 the girl at the restaurant. She is to be 

 tempted with sauterne or constantia, pink 

 noyeau or green chartreuse. The trout is the 

 man attracted by tweed in the roll : the grayling 

 the debutante whose head is turned very 

 literally by the tinsel and feathers of the hat 

 shop. 



Trout will rise or sulk; and if really well 

 put down, as by the constant thrashing of the 

 water above them by a persistent duffer, are 

 no more likely to come to his fly than they 

 are to creep into his creel. Grayling on the 

 other hand are capricious, and it is always 

 worth remembering that if once a fish has risen 

 to you you may find it successful to make 

 another fifty casts, or to change your fly five 

 times. 



A grayling which has once done you the 

 favour of rising to your fly is more, likely to 

 do so again than other untried ones you may 

 see lying in the deeps or shallows. 



Usually their annoying plan is to pay no 

 attention to really well presented flies; small 

 duns or olives coming down the water like 

 gossamer, indeed almost preening their dry 

 wings as they are wafted along. These, the 

 grayling will let goi by, and will continue to 

 shoot up to the surface and pretend to take 

 something else that is not there, and that she 

 knows is not there. After you have exhausted 

 your niceties and compliments, have risen from 



