236 LATE OCTOBER GRAYLING FISHING. 



GRAYLING FISHING. 



LATE OCTOBER CLOUDLESS DAYS AND GOOD 

 SPORT THE FINEST GUT AN UNCANNY 

 CAPTURE. 



The heart is hard in nature and unfit 



For human fellowship . . . 



. . . that is not pleased 



With sight of animals enjoying life. 



COWPER. 



'Twas in November when fine days are few 

 And sober suns must set at five o'clock. 



BYRON. 



IN trout fishing It is very commonly said 

 that fish rise all along the river at about 

 the same time, that is, if two men compare 

 notes, they find that between nine and ten 

 neither had risen a fish, and that during the 

 next hour each had enjoyed good sport. 



Now with grayling in season my experience 

 has been quite the reverse. They will have 

 their favourite times for surface feeding, but at 

 no period of the day can the whole stretch of 

 a four mile water be condemned, so long as the 

 weather conditions are reasonably favourable. 

 Barring storms and floods it is difficult to enjoy 

 that absolute blank which trout will occasionally 

 demand of us. 



