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loop above the first ring ; the few yards of line which may 

 be on the ground will follow. This may seem very compli- 

 cated, but is, I think, more easily learned than casting 

 from the reel. 



Perhaps the easiest method of casting 

 is by means of the malloch reel. Mr. 

 Geogehan, of the British Sea Anglers' 

 Society, uses this reel with great 

 effect on the East coast, casting 

 out his tackle a long dis- 

 tance and catching many 

 large cod. The cast 

 is made from the 

 reel, but instead 

 1 X. of the drum 



revolving, it is twisted at right 



angles to the rod before the cast 



is made, and the line is slipped 



off it sideways. This has the 



effect of putting twists into the 



line, but by a judicious use of 



swivels this drawback is to a 



great extent overcome. Owing 



to the support to the drum 



working on a pivot in the foot 



or plate of the reel, when a 



heavy weight was being wound 



in, the drum was apt to wobble 



a little. I understand, however, 



that recent alterations have been made in the mechanism 



of the reel which tend to overcome these weak points in a 



very clever invention. The kinking is evaded by occasionally 



METHOD OF CASTING OUT 

 LIGHT TACKLE 



