192 FISHING IN EDEN 



tion at the riverside. He will then have some idea 

 in his mind as to what to look for; types of insect 

 food that frequent his fishing beat. 



Inquiry of this kind, on the river, and in the 

 museum, will soon convince the thoughtful student 

 that facsimile copying of nature, besides being 

 impossible, is not quite the kind of thing that is 

 wanted in artificial fly dressing. He will realise, 

 too, from his studies, and from the lamp of experi- 

 ence, that flies made up of hooks, feathers and silk 

 are as much creations of the mind as good pictures. 

 That, although much has been said, written, and 

 thought about them, the last word has yet to be 

 said. 



