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No spot is "secret", it's just that the average fisherman/woman won't or doesn't want to put in the time to find where the fish are.
They will be more than willing to ask someone else, or let someone else do the "leg work" for them.
If someone shows me that they have put in the time, and is willing to share as well as listen to advice, than I'm open to that. If they expect me to spill the beans just because they're there and haven't gotten a keeper yet, all they get is my trademark "keep trying, and you'll get one eventually".
I learned myself by trial and error, and one of the best lessons I learned were from my father and his brother.
My dad taught me to enjoy fishing at it's simplest level: getting outside and enjoying the day, regardless of the outcome.
My uncle taught me to not be afraid to get off the beaten path. He was renown for his flyfishing trips in Maine, where he would hike through miles of woods to get to some of his favorite unspoiled trout ponds.
Some places where a 5 lb. rainbow was not uncommon. He gave it up when the loggers opened up the access to these remote ponds to overfishing due to the logging roads they created. He still has a journal he kept from back in the 50's, when he really enjoyed trout fishing.
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