318 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, 
ceteris paribus, than when throwing for trout. 
Of flies I have but few on my list, some of which I have 
named already as favourites with 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, 
WREN TAIL SILVER BLUE 
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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 
