ON LEARNING FLY-CASTING 



It's some jump from bait-casting with artificial 

 plugs to fly-casting with the light, feathery imitations 

 that coax the gamy fighters out of the waters, but 

 you can make it easy enough, Old Man, by doing a 

 stretch of " dry water " practice work on the back 

 lawn. To the ordinary bait-caster who has accus- 

 tomed himself to the stiffer, short rod, fly-casting 

 with the nine or ten foot rod, weighing from five to 

 six and a quarter ounces, seems like the impossible. 

 Many are the yarns he has heard about the " fine art 

 of fishing" fly-casting; much has been written 

 about the " science " of this end of the game, in 

 fact, the average every-now-and-then, week-end 

 fisherman who has become proficient in bait-casting 

 has been scared to a fare-you-well at the thought of 

 learning to toss the light flies and he has stuck to 

 bait-casting as the " safety-first " of fishing, thereby 

 missing many pleasant hours whipping streams. 



PRACTICE MAKES A FLY-CASTER 



Coming right down to rocks, you can learn fly- 

 casting by a little practice with the right tackle. Of 

 course, you must not get the bug in your tackle-box 

 that this practice makes you an expert fly-fisherman, 



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