134 LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



the sooner the more fully you realise that it is all a question 

 of knack and that strength of muscle enters relatively little 

 into it. Give the line time, behind your back, and bring it 

 forward quietly ; but do not get into the habit of going too 

 lazily backward, because, if you do, you run a great risk of 

 letting the fly come too near the ground behind you. It 

 may catch in the grass — that does not matter ; with a strong 



SALMON FISHING : LEFT-HAND CAST. 



