66 THE GREYLING. 



one or more of them in the places at which you are ang- 

 ling with the rod. 



THE GREYLING. 



It is a handsome fresh-water fish, and more particularly 

 the young ones ; they will grow to three or four pounds 

 iu weight, and are somewhat longer than a trout ; in make 

 the belly is more flat and broad ; they are hogged-backed, 

 somewhat like the roach, and of a dusky green ; the sides 

 and belly are of a silver grey, and are marked with black 

 spots, which is more apparent in autumn and winter than 

 the early part of summer, for then they appear more like 

 stripes from head to tail. They may be taken all the 

 year round, but the best time is from the end of August to 

 the end of November 



For then's the time, if you're inclin'd, 

 To tamper the quick-eyed greyling, 

 For they're in season, you will find, 

 If you go where they are sailing 

 Down by the dove's romantic banks, 

 Which through those rocky vallies glide ; 

 There you may see them play their pranks, 

 Along the stream on every side. 



They spawn in April and May, and are the most in season 

 at the latter end of the year. You must fish for them in 

 the same manner as for trout, but they will take the fly 

 somewhat deeper in the water. The ant-egg is an excel- 

 lent bait for them, but they will take the worm, wasp, 

 grub, gentle, and grasshopper ; their haunts are nearly the 

 same as the trout's, and you may take- them both at the 



