

ESSENTIAL POINTS TO REMEMBER 11 



motion have to lift it above the top of the rod, and the 

 greater, therefore, is the tendency of the line to collide 

 with the rod as it travels backward. 



Now repeat the back cast until you are satisfied that 

 your line travels back clear of the rod, and falls in a 

 straight line behind you. It is a good plan to follow it 

 back with your eye, and by doing this you will soon be 

 able to regulate the strength of your backward cast. 

 It is not force but knack which results in a correct 

 cast. 



You must now learn to make your back cast without 

 your friend's assistance. 



Shorten the line, leaving only about 20 feet beyond 

 the top ring of your rod. 



Get into the first position again, holding the line in 

 your hand, and the rod at an angle of about 20 degrees 

 (see F A, Diagram 1). Now straighten out your 

 arm, and at the same time lift it and the point of the 

 rod together, letting go the line, and as it flies away 

 from you in a circular outward sweep the back stroke 

 must be made as before, from the elbow. Repeat this 

 until you can make the back cast in this way easily 

 and without fouling. You are now ready to make the 

 forward cast. 



The two essential points to remember are first, that 

 the best forward cast can be made from a position in 

 which the line is extended immediately opposite the 

 point to which the fly has to alight, and that it is 

 therefore towards this position that the line should be 

 thrown in the backward cast ; and second, that in all 



