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inches. The principal spawning time is the 

 beginning of April, but some are said to spawn 

 again in October. Its haunts are in recluse places, 

 where the water is deep and runs quietly, with a 

 loamy or muddy bottom. The tackle should be 

 fine; the hook No. 8 or 9; a quill float; the bait a 

 small well-scoured red worm, which must just run 

 on the ground. Throw in some clay balls with 

 worms, as directed for perch; or if the water be 

 clear, use common mud balls to colour it. 



Three rods may be easily managed, the baits 

 touching the bottom. When there is a bite, strike 

 directly, for they gorge so hastily that the knife 

 must frequently be used to get out the hook. Both 

 in spring and summer they will bite all day with a 

 brisk warm wind, ami sometimes in cold weather 

 will take the bait very freely. 



Grayling. 



The grayling is generally found in clear quick 

 streams with clayey bottoms. It spawns in April, 

 and sometimes as late as the middle of May. This 

 is a rare fish in England, and has never been found 

 in Scotland or Ireland. It may be fished for at 

 all seasons of the year, particularly in cool cloudy 

 weather. The tackle should be of the finest de- 

 scription; the bottom to be at least two yards of 

 gut, leaded with two shots about a foot from the 

 hook; very slender transparent gut, of the colour 

 of the water, is best. Use a small goose-quill float ; 

 if worms be the bait, the hook should be No, 5 or 6; 

 if maggots, No. 8 or 9. Great caution must be 

 used in landing grayling, as they are very tender- 

 mouthed. 



Grayling may be frequently caught with cabbage- 



