" That is just what I should enjoy. To prove the effect of these 

 special patterns to such people, is the only chance of making an in- 

 effacable impression upon them. It would, indeed, be a keen 

 satisfaction to me to have an opportunity of doing so, for there is no 

 sport in which precipitated action is more pronounced, and more 

 unyielding than salmon fishing." 



" And when one considers " (I continued) " that an infinitesimal 

 number appear to be aware of the existence of the law of advance — 

 the law which must be respected and maintained- it seems almost 

 characteristic of our national want of clear thinking. Still, these 

 matters do not affect the full significance of the truth one iota. 

 Whatever be said to tlie contrary, every new special fly, tliat establishes 

 itself so thoroughly as The Sun Fly and others, is simply the product 

 of evolution, which in its turn is the product of environment. 

 However, I am fully of the opinion that 'the language of flies,' 

 differing as it does in different places, could be reduced in a very few 

 years to one uniform kind, provided a given set of principles were 

 enforced and practised generally. As things are, the highest success 

 can only be attained by discovering, not a policy to be initiated but the 

 policy to be pursued. It follows, therefore, that the highest success 

 nowadays depends entirely upon the correct reading of the technical 

 points which control the methods of procedure ; and to become familiar 

 with these points, varying as they do on this, that, and the other river, 

 necessitates incessant travel, incessant investigation, and a thorough' 

 knowledge of the effect of flies under all conditions." 



" That is the secret of the whole thing " (he replied) " in fact, one 

 wants to be brought up at the feet of Gamaliel at such times as these." 

 And on mounting the fly designed for his purpose, he whispered : — 



