276 THE SALMON FLY. 



If after all these particulars the key to some difficulty in the technique 

 of fly-selection be missing, the inquiring mind may yet find satisfaction 

 among the " instances " and " examples " put forward in other chapters. 

 Young Fishermen should, at all events, be sufficiently enlightened in this 

 branch of the subject by now to foresee as, indeed, all reformers do 

 the genuine forms of advantage derived from the study of light, shade, 

 and other natural surroundings. But as I began by saying although 

 "Nature ever indicates the way to her best secrets," I have long since 

 convinced myself that they be the best choosers which, being learned, 

 habitually incline to the traditions of experience, or, being students, 

 resolutely incline to the methods of learning. 



