How to Get Them 



force it out as far as possible. If practising on a 

 lawn, it is necessary that the gut be stretched 



out straight so that it will throw prop- 

 Practice ^^^y- Plat-e a mark eight yards away 



and aim for it. Raise the rod-point 

 a little, and when the rod is at an angle of about 

 forty-five degrees, by a wrist movement bring it 

 sharply back on your side. Check your arm an 

 instant as the rod points nearly straight up above 

 the head, and the line will then fly out behind; then 

 again using the wrist, bring the rod rapidly for- 

 ward from the upright to the angle of forty-five 

 degrees, avoiding anything in the nature of a jerk, 

 and check it. The line will fly out in front of you, 

 and, if not a long one, the end of it will come to the 

 ground or water (if on the stream) before any other 

 part. In these quick movements of the wrist the 

 chief difficulty of fly-casting lies, and 

 Movement ^^ ^^ '^^^ until we have used a fly-rod 

 for some time that the muscles of the 

 wrist become properly developed and we acquire 

 the knack of casting well. Give full time for the 

 line to get out behind before making the forward 

 cast. In the overhead cast the rod points only a 

 trifle to the right when the back cast 

 Cast*^ ^^ ^^ being made, and is almost upright 

 when the forward cast is in progress. 

 The underhand, or horizontal cast, is very similar 

 to the overhead cast, the only difference being 

 that in lieu of the rod being kept for the most 

 part upright, it is held in a horizontal position, 

 that is, in line with the earth. But it can only be 

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