THE BREAM. 101 



in the quotation before given from Leland. It should then be cast 

 *s a fly. 



As in fishing for roach, however, or any other shy-biting fish, it must 

 be borne in mind that such specimens of tackle as I have described, and 

 such distinctions as I have drawn, are only useful in so far as they are 

 used not arbitrarily, but with judgment. 



After all, the secret of good sport rests, not with the appliances of the 

 angler, but with that intuitive sense of fitness, knowledge of the habits 

 and circumstances of fish, and deft mechanical skill, which, if not 

 attainable by all, at least may be partially acquired so far acquired, 

 indeed, as to render the gentle craft not simply a means of getting large 

 and full creels, but a pleasant exercise of various powers in the angler as 

 distinct from the joy of tabular results. 



