BOTTOM-FISHING FOR GRAYLING. 75 



Trout may be taken by caterpillars, and two or three 

 screws or fresh-water shrimps will often entice him. He 

 may also be caught by spinning with the minnow. 



The GRAYLING, which is not a common fish, will take a 

 small red worm in slightly flooded waters. They will also 

 bite at the grasshopper, and do not despise a gentle. A 

 taking bait is to dress a No. 6 sneck-bent hook, on which 

 a pennyweight of lead is cast with light green silk, with a 

 split straw on either side, ribbed with orange or yellow silk. 

 On the bend of the hook a real grasshopper is placed with 

 the legs clipped off at the first joints. The angler should 

 use a small float, and keep the bait continually on the 

 move, one way or other. I cannot speak of the attractive- 

 ness of this bait from practical experience. 



There are times, particularly in the early part of the 

 season, when the waters are muddy and high, when salmon 

 will bite greedily at worms and other lures of the bottom- 

 fishing. Many anglers and their opinion is entitled to 

 every respect are of opinion that it is unsportsmanlike to 

 catch salmon with any other bait than the artificial fly. It 

 certainly does not possess the charm that fly-fishing does, 

 but at the same time it affords capital sport when the fish 

 will not rise at the fly. The tempting lob-worm may be 

 used as a tripping bait in the same manner as that recom- 

 mended for trout ; the line must be leaded to keep down 

 the bait. The salmon when hooked must be played and 

 manoeuvred in the same manner as when fishing with the 

 artificial fly. 



One of the best baits for salmon is the small silver and 

 black eels found in the sand on the sea-shore, known as 

 sand-eels. An artificial one has been made of white 

 leather, with a dark-coloured stripe down the back. Sal- 



