The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ng the lead of his noble relative the salmon, for the sheeny herl of the peacock, gold tinsel, and gaudy colours, and for flies in which green was the dominant hue. We therefore contented ourselves with one showy fly— a gorgeous arrangement in Ibis, gold, metallic green herl, and the pale blue feather of the tern wound on to simulate wings and legs. The grayling had to be approached down stream by casting a long line and hiding oneself behind a leaf, as a witty pisca- tor once put it, so sharp-eyed are the fish. Big gr
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ng the lead of his noble relative the salmon, for the sheeny herl of the peacock, gold tinsel, and gaudy colours, and for flies in which green was the dominant hue. We therefore contented ourselves with one showy fly— a gorgeous arrangement in Ibis, gold, metallic green herl, and the pale blue feather of the tern wound on to simulate wings and legs. The grayling had to be approached down stream by casting a long line and hiding oneself behind a leaf, as a witty pisca- tor once put it, so sharp-eyed are the fish. Big grayling take the lure so quietly under water that there is frequently no indication of a rise. A momentary arrcstation of the line as it swings slowly round with the current may be observable, which is all that is known of the fish coming at the angler. But this is ample for the practised hand, and a slight twitch in response may mean the hooking of a good grayling. In wet tlv fishing there must be no unskilled efforts of the bungler. Every opportunity of rendering one-. QUILL-BODIEDWATER-HEN. (Photo 11 FOG-BLACK. Truckle & Sins, 12. WELBRANS PALEAUTUMN ) DAYS WITH AUTUMN GRAYLING. 87 self invisible to the quarry must be taken advan-tage of. Those who champion the cause of thewet fly vis-a-vis to the floating lure, contend, andreasonably so, that there is more scope for theexercise of skill and ingenuity than obtains withthe dry fly. Granted that it is more artistic touse an imitation on the surface of the dun whichmay have hatched out, yet on many days in thedark months of the year, the dry fly man wouldstand no chance whatever against a capable ex-ponent of the second branch of the art. WithGreen insects, Witches, and Red Tags we have inautumn and winter caught almost as many gray-ling as a certain American is said to have done,who first filled his creel to overflowing, then hispockets, and hat, and, finally, in the gloriousextravagancv of the moment, was compell
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