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middle of the day, when imitations of the 

 smaller duns may be used with great success ; 

 and I have often seen the fish sport most, 

 and fly fishing pursued with the greatest suc- 

 cess, in bright sunshine, from twelve till half- 

 past two o'clock, after severe frosts in the 

 morning; and I once caught, under these 

 circumstances, a very fine dish of fish on the 

 7th of November. It was in the year 1816; 

 the summer and autumn had been peculiarly 

 cold and wet, and, probably in consequence 

 of this, the flies were in smaller quantity at 

 their usual season, and there was a greater 

 proportion later in the year. 



Grayling, if you take your station by the 

 side of a river, will rise nearer to you than 

 trout, for they lie deeper, and therefore are 

 not so much scared by an object on the bank; 

 but they are more delicate in the choice of 

 their flies than trout, and will much oftener 

 rise and refuse the fly. Trout, from lying 

 nearer the surface, are generally taken before 

 grayling, where the water is slightly coloured, 

 or after a flood : and in rain, trout usually 

 rise better than grayling, though it sometimes 



