BAIT-CASTING FOR THE BEGINNER 



For your practice work, or rather the back-yard 

 casting, before you try out the real stuff, all you need 

 of your bait-casting tackle is your rod, which can be 

 of steel or split bamboo, and either a 5 or $y 2 footer 

 as you prefer; 5O-yard spool of waterproof soft 

 square braided silk No. 6 line; a quadruple multi- 

 plying reel, and a casting plug. For the latter you 

 can detach the hooks from an artificial bait, and thus 

 avoid hooking a pal who may be there to give you 

 a send off, or you can get a practice casting weight, 

 which is a hookless minnow the same weight as the 

 average plug. 



Joint your rod and place the reel in the reel seat 

 right above the grip, with the reel on top of the rod, 

 reel handle to the right. Run the line through the 

 tip and guides, wind it evenly on the reel and loop 

 on the plug at the end. 



At a distance of say 30 feet from the spot where 

 you intend to stand while making the cast, peg down 

 a small piece of paper, say about eight inches square, 

 for a target. Imagine this is the home of a fine 

 frisky bass, it adds to the interest of the game. 



CASTING LIKE SWITCHING APPLES 



You recall how you doted on switching apples in 



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