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position is obtained by the line when extended, the 

 more lightly will it fall on the water, which is the 

 object of all fly casting. 



THE STEEPLE CAST 



The steeple cast, which may be used at times to 

 avoid dangers behind the fisherman, or to get out an 

 extra long line, is somewhat similar to the overhead 

 cast. In the back cast, however, the muscles of the 

 shoulder are used. The whole arm is swung back to 

 the right, and extended to its full length above and 

 behind the shoulder ; thus the rod is not, as before, 

 brought vertically over the shoulder. The right 

 shoulder, the side, and the hip of the body swing 

 round with the arm as the stroke is made, the weight 

 of the body being supported on the flat of the right 

 foot and the fore part of the left foot (see Plate VIII.). 

 Before casting forward when using the steeple cast, I 

 recommend that during the pause the elbow should be 

 dropped, the point of the rod brought forward a little, 

 and the shoulders squared, the line being returned 

 vertically from over the shoulders, as in the overhead 

 cast. I, personally, can get a longer line forward this 

 way than when making the forward cast with the 

 extended arm and forward swing of the right side 

 of the body, and, I think, with a more delicate 

 result. 



