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CHAPTER VIII. 



CASTINQ AND WOBKINO OF FLY. 



The art of casting the line in fly-fishing is with a little 

 practice soon attained, but the little turns of the wrist 

 and forearm which, under various circumstances, are 

 brought into requisition by the accomplished angler 

 are only acquired after considerable experience in 

 handling the rod. 



The would-be fly-fisher to commence with had best 

 carefully watch an adept, noting the course of the rod 

 and line and the moments when the former is asked to 

 exert itself to lift the line from the water and again 

 return it. Then he may take up the rod and attempt 

 to imitate what he has seen, asking his mentor now 

 and again to put his baud over his own grasping the 

 rod, and so make a cast or two which will convey to 

 him the correct method. 



There may be said to be three methods of casting — 

 the ordinary or overhead cast, the underhand cast in 

 which the rod is moved horizontally instead of as in 

 the former perpendicularly, and the '' Switch " or Spey 

 cast. 



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