LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxi 



PLATES (continued) 



XXXIX. THE FORWARD ACTION OF THE SIDE LOOP 

 CAST IS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND. THE 

 LOWER PORTION OF THE LINE HAS BEEN 

 TOUCHED UP - To face page 242 



XL. MODEL OF A 50-LB. NAMSEN SALMON KILLED 

 BY THE AUTHOR IN AUGUST, 1897, ON 

 THE NAMSEN EIVER, NORWAY - - 242 



DIAGRAMS 



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1. SHOWING POSITIONS OF ROD IN BACK CAST 8 



2. SHOWING BACK CAST 9 



3. SHOWING POSITIONS OF ROD IN FORWARD CAST 18 



4. SHOWING FORWARD CAST - 19 



5. SHOWING ROD ACTION IN CASTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 31 



6. SHOWING ROD ACTION IN CASTING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT 33 



7. HORIZONTAL PLANE OF TROUT'S VISION - 95 



8. RADIUS OF THE UPWARD VISION OF THE TROUT - 96 



9. VERTICAL SECTION OF UPWARD VISION OF THE TROUT - 97 



10. VARIOUS KNOTS FOR FISHERMEN - - 125 



11. VARIOUS KNOTS FOR FISHERMEN - - 126 



12. SHOWING A PERFECTLY SAFE KNOT FOR THE LARGER- 



SIZED HOOKS - - 127 



13. THE BEST METHOD OF JOINING Two ENDS OF GUT 



TOGETHER - 128 



14. ACTION OF THE HANDS IN THE BACKWARD AND FORWARD 



CAST WITH THE DOUBLE-HANDED ROD - - 216 



15. VARIATION OF THE WYE CAST - - 234 



16. SECTION OF THE WYE CAST - 235 



17. SECTION OF THE WYE CAST - 235 



18. SECTION OF THE WYE CAST - 235 



19. SECTION OF THE WYE CAST - 235 



20. SHOWING THE WYE CAST - - - 240 



21. THE FLY FISHERMAN'S KNIFE - - - - 257 



