CHAPTER X 

 A FEW WORDS ABOUT CASTING THE FLY 



There are a number of different ways of casting the 

 fly when fly-fishing. Some of the principal ones are the 



Overhead or Overhanded Cast, 



Underhand or Underhanded Cast, 



Wing or Horizontal Cast, and the Switch Cast. 



As the Overhead Cast and the Wing or Horizontal 

 Cast are the ones most generally and effectively employed 

 in this country no other casts will be considered. The 

 principle of both of these casts is the same, the only differ- 

 ence between them being that the Overhead Cast is made 

 over the head of the angler as the name would at once sug- 

 gest and the Wing Cast is made horizontally to the side 

 of the angler. 



The Wing Cast or Horizontal Cast is used largely on 

 streams when the Overhead Cast cannot be employed suc- 

 cessfully owing to trees, bushes, high banks, large rocks, 

 etc., being so situated as to make the cast unsafe because 

 of the danger of getting the line hung up and the liability 

 of breaking or injuring the rod. 



In fly-fishing the casting of a line, leader and fly con- 



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