THE GRAYLING, AND BAIT-FISHING FOR. 433 
One-year-old fish are locally termed ‘ pinks ;’ at two years, 
when they weigh about quarter pound, they become ‘shett’ or 
‘shut’ grayling ; and afterwards ‘grayling.’ The ‘ pink’ grayling 
have neither spots nor lateral lines observable. ‘Shett’ grayling 
have spots, but no well-marked longitudinal lines as seen in the 
full-grown fish. At three years old the grayling weighs about half 
to three quarters of a pound in average waters, and is supposed 
by some authors to continue growing at about the same rate, 
viz. a quarter of a pound per annum, until reaching its maximum 
weight, which may probably be considered under ordinary con- 
ditions from four to five pounds. Other authorities, on the 
contrary, say that after half a pound the grayling grows fast, 
and that the next or fourth year he puts on another pound. A 
grayling weighing half a pound spawns, but a ‘shett’ grayling 
does not. 
The ova are numerous, but considerably smaller than those 
of the trout, being about the size of partridge shot, and when 
seen in the rays of the sun, look very much the colour of the 
opal. The body of the embryo fish becomes distinctly visible 
in about nine days, and the egg itself hatches in fourteen or 
fifteen days from the date of deposit,—results obtained in the 
case of the eggs of the trout, in about thirty-five and fifty days 
respectively. The spawning time, as already observed, is in 
April and the beginning of May, the fish getting into condition 
in July, and reaching its prime in October and November, when 
most of the other Salmonide@ are going off. 
Besides flies, worms, caterpillars, and the like, the food of 
the grayling consists of the larvee of dragon-flies, May flies, and 
other ephemera, remains of the cases of the former and the 
skins of all of them being frequently found in its stomach. 
In the winter months the grayling will commonly rise at 
the fly from about twelve o’clock until two, if there is any 
sun. 
Into the question of fly-fishing I do not purpose to enter, 
as it has been ably dealt with elsewhere in this volume by 
Mr. H. R. Francis. I may, however, add a hint which I believe 
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