THE GAME FISHES OF THE WORLD 



and Madison whose cool waters are peculiarly adapted to it. 

 Elk Creek, a tributary to Eed Bock Lake, is a famous place for 

 them, and in April they may be seen in great numbers passing 

 up the Jefferson, according to Jordan, through Beaverhead and 

 Eed Eock rivers to Eed Eock Lake, which they pass for fourteen 

 nules, reaching the small streams which flow into it, there de- 

 positing their eggs. Dr. James A. HenshaU, the distinguished 

 authority on fishes, stands sponsor for this American grayUng. 

 He has successfully accomplished its artificial propagation and 

 considers it a fine game fish, the equal of the Brook or Eed- throat 

 trout. These graylings readily take a smaU fiy from May until 

 November, and range from ten to twenty inches in length and 

 attain a weight of two pounds. 



' And in this river be Umbers, otherwise called graiUngs,' 

 wrote Holinshed, in his Bescription of Britain, over three hun- 

 dred years ago. 



The grayling, in all probability, finds its finest development 

 in England, five pounders having been seen, though Dr. Day is 

 authority for the story that a nine-pound fish was taken in 

 Lapland some years ago. The species common in England and 

 Europe in general, is T. tJiymallus. In the Ure I found it in 

 very shallow water. It spawns in April and May in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of its natural haunts. It has a wide range in 

 Europe, as far south as Hungary, and is highly appreciated in 

 Northern Italy and in Switzerland, where Gesner sounded its 

 praises as a game fish. It is caught in Siberia and Eussia. In Eng- 

 land the fish is widely distributed, especially in Hampshire streams 

 where the dry fly is used. They do not lie at the surface, Uke 

 trout, but haunt the bottom and dash upward, turn, and in a 

 flash are at the bottom again, as I saw the brook trout in Lac 

 Weber, Canada. 



Mr. Halford recommends for Test grayling, Wickham's 

 Fancy, Eed Tag, Orange Bumble, Adjutant Blue, and the Duns 

 on 000 hooks. The mouth of the grayling is very dehcate, and 

 the fish deserves, and should have, the lightest and most delicate 



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