The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ve unbounded faith in thefly he affects—he must live on hope, for he maytoil from early morn till within an hour of sunset,and catch nothing, but after all atone in the lastlap for all disappointments and half fill his patience he must possess a large modicum, for amore tantalising fish than Thymallus never , may he be said to be uncertain, coy, andhard to please, and as variable as the fly may hatch out in myriads, bringingevery grayling on the feed, and though the mostperfect imitation
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ve unbounded faith in thefly he affects—he must live on hope, for he maytoil from early morn till within an hour of sunset,and catch nothing, but after all atone in the lastlap for all disappointments and half fill his patience he must possess a large modicum, for amore tantalising fish than Thymallus never , may he be said to be uncertain, coy, andhard to please, and as variable as the fly may hatch out in myriads, bringingevery grayling on the feed, and though the mostperfect imitation may be presented to the noticeof the fish, the angler will often find that his effortsare almost unavailing, and he may only secure anodd example or two by employing something totallydifferent as regards size and colour from the flywhich they are gulping down with exasperatingavidity. Energy and perseverance, too, are at-tributes which no grayling fisher can be without,and if to these be added tireless attention, a placidtemperament and freedom from hastiness, it will. A STRETCH OF THE LAMBOURN.(Photo: A. H. Rolt.) DAYS WITH AUTUMN GRAYLING. SS be at once apparent how serious an undertaking tins branch ot the piscatorial art really is. Let us journey in thought to a South Countrychalk stream, in which grayling are numerous,and ot noble proportions. It is an October da\-,and we take an inspecting stroll along the bankup stream, keeping a sharp look-out for the objectot our search. Some thirty yards below thehatches forming one of the boundaries of ourfishery, we espy at the end ot a long flat or shallow,a fairly deep hole with a gravelly bottom and
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