338 GRAYLING TAKEN IN WINTER. 



stream, and in swift sheets of water just before 

 rushing over the heads of rivers. I have killed 

 more grayling with the fly early in April than 

 in any other month. The flies they like best are 

 duns and palmers, tipped with tinsel, and when 

 the water is clear and smooth they will take dun 

 midges by sinking them on a very fine casting 

 line beneath the water, and allowing them to float 

 with the current. I have killed grayling in the 

 heart of winter, with frost and snow on the 

 ground, when the water was not tinged with " snow 

 broth," but ran low and clear. The time was 

 from twelve to two o'clock, with the sun out, and 

 the atmosphere tolerably temperate. The best 

 autumn baits for grayling are gentles and grass- 

 hoppers. The latter is the most deadly bait, and 

 the way of using it has been already mentioned 

 in the chapter on baits. 



