Fishing with the Fly 



and No. j) in its position just before the fly drops to the surface 

 of the water. The path of the Hies themselves, from the time 

 they rise from the water until their return to it, is indicated by 

 the dotted lines, the fly moving in the direction of the arrow. 



Overhand cast. 



It is not always possible to be able to make this kind of cast 

 without danger of entangling the flies in the brushwood back of 

 you and it is often desirable to be able to drop the flies under a 

 projecting bush or tree. For dropping under an overhanging ob- 

 struction flipping the fly as described when first getting it into the 

 water is a good scheme. 



The method of making this "flip" cast will be readily under- 

 stood by referring to diagram No. 3, showing relative position of 

 rod and line and the dotted line indicating the path of the flies 

 through the air. 



3. Flip cast. 



A very powerful method of getting one's fly out against a 

 head wind is in swiftly raising the rod from nearly a horizontal 

 to a vertical position and then down and away from one with a 

 forceful switching motion. This throws the line up overhead and 

 then downward and out in front of the caster, the line and the 

 flies cutting through the breeze. This explanation is scarcely as 

 plain as the diagram No. 4. 



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