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any accusation as to its being destructive to the 

 fry of trout is untenable. That it, in the trout- 

 spawning season, may help itself to what it can 

 find of the superfluous ova which float down the 

 stream no one can object to, but as to its burrow- 

 ing in the redds and disturbing the hatching ova, 

 I very much doubt it. Both the late Dr. Brunton 

 and Dr. Hamilton were very strong in their 

 assertion that this was a matter of impossibility 

 with the grayling, and yet we are assured by 

 Dr. James A. Henshall that the fry of grayling 

 are as much addicted to cannibalism as the pike- 

 perch fry." 



After giving a brief space to natural bait- 

 fishing, he goes on to say : " But after all there 

 is only one way in which this fish should be 

 caught, and that is with the fly. This ground 

 has been gone over so many times that it only 

 remains for me to say that, the grayling being 

 a bold and daring riser, never be discouraged 

 if you fail to hook him, even if he rise at your 

 fly time after time. He lies very low in the river 

 when watching for his prey, and therefore is not 

 so easily disturbed ; and if you remain quite still 

 when he has risen and missed the fly and gone 

 down to his lair, he will surely rise again. His 



