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SALMON AND TROUT. 



working of the fly I have already said my say, and I will only 

 add that in grayling fishing I repeat my cast more frequently, 

 cceteris paribus, than when throwing for trout. 



Of flies I have but few on my list, some of which I have 

 named already as favourites wjth trout. Generally speaking, 

 grayling flies should be small and of a marked character. 

 Wren-tail with an orange body — a grand killer in Derbyshire — 

 the fern fly, ant fly, silver blue and orange tag, with a small but 

 showy red spinner for the evening, are all that I should specially 

 recommend. 



ORANGE TAC 



FERN FLY 



V/RE.N TAIL 



Though I care little for grayling fishing except with the fly, 

 I ought fairly to mention that the heaviest fish are caught with 

 other lures. I have heard of very large fish out of season taken 

 with trout flies in summer in the Test and Avon. But, putting 

 aside these worthless captures, grayling of the very largest size 

 are chiefly taken by ' sinking and drawing ' with the artificial 

 grasshopper, or with worm or gentle. For myself — and I 

 think I have scored pretty heavily— the largest grayling I ever 



