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who can command success among large carps (for I look 

 upon die young ones in a very different light), must pos- 

 sess several qualifications extremely valuable to the angler, 

 and bids fair, by general practice, to be, according to the 

 old saying, " able to teach his master." 



1 ought to. state, that one author directs green pease, a 

 little boiled, as a bait for the carp : not having tried that 

 lure, I cannot speak as to its merits. 



Of the Grayling, or Gray Trout, or Umber. 



I cannot boast of any great intimacy with this fish, 

 not having had so much access to it as to other kinds, 

 o \ving to the grayling being found only in particular 

 rivers. Such, however, as 1 have caught, gave me the 

 opportunity of making some essential remarks ; and local 

 information has supplied me with sufficient, I trust, to 

 answer the purpose of my reader. 



This fish grows to about four pounds, though they 

 average about two $ they are keen after the double- 

 winged Jly, as also after the llack-sp'mntr, and the May- 

 fly, both grey and yellow, when in season. They are 

 not however strong, nor do they struggle nearly so much 

 as the trout. They are best suited by a hook No. 6, their 

 mouths not being quite so large as their size should indi- 

 cate : the line should be very fine. When you have a 

 bite, give a little time, and strike gently > for their lips 

 rre rather tender. 



Angle at the bottom without a float, baiting with cad" 

 lates, gentles, salmons roe, or very small blood-worms-. 

 They are very fond of nibbling away the bait, unless it 

 can be taken into die mouth with ease ; but they will 

 pouch it readily when it is so. 



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