BAIT CASTING FOR BASS 



the impact of his first casting movement against the 

 side of his forefinger sometimes there will be 

 finger holds cut in the butt of the rod. Then as the 

 rod comes forward, the hand turns so that the 

 plates of the reel, lying horizontally, run most easily. 



As it takes some time for a bait to run out fifty, 

 sixty, or seventy yards of line, it is to be seen that 

 the movement of the casting rod is at first sharp and 

 accelerating, then slow, then slower and slower 

 until the end of the cast. Naturally the line will 

 pull out through the guides most easily when the 

 axis of the line and the axis of the guides coincide. 

 To learn how to do this cast and all the time gently 

 thumb that steadily lessening barrel of the reel is 

 something not mastered in a day. It is really a very 

 pretty art. There are a great many tournament 

 casters who learned on a park lagoon or even on a 

 park lawn; very likely many of these would get 

 greater distance and accuracy than many an old- 

 time bass angler. 



It is easily to be seen that the bass caster's outfit 

 may be expensive and is always interesting. It de- 

 serves good care and, in fact, must have good care 

 if it is to be efficient. The rod, no matter whether 

 it is a thirty-five-dollar split bamboo of eight feet 

 or a three-dollar rod of four and one-half feet, 

 should be well cared for wiped dry after fishing, 



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